FOUR YEARS LATER, EVERYONE LOOKS BAD. 1/4: When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder(Foreword)
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🗓️ 29 July 2024
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When Politicians Panicked tells the tragic story of how, in response to a spreading virus, global politicians mindlessly pursued economic desperation, starvation, and death as the cure.
The global economy was booming as 2020 dawned, but within a few short months wreckage, death, and desperation borne of economic contraction were the new normal. What happened?
In When Politicians Panicked, economic commentator John Tamny tells the heart-wrenching story of a time when politicians were tragically relieved of basic common sense in their response to the new coronavirus.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch. |
| 0:10.0 | He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection. |
| 0:15.0 | Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right. |
| 0:19.0 | All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. |
| 0:23.0 | Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge. |
| 0:26.0 | Pinedo Ferris, there is another way. I'm John Bachelor. This is the new John Bachelor show on CBS Audio Network and I welcome my colleague |
| 0:46.1 | and long informant of the economy, John Tamney, the editor of Real Clear Markets in addition to other distinguished publications. |
| 0:55.0 | However, it is the author, John Tamney, I welcome, with his new book, |
| 0:59.6 | When Politicians panicked, the new coronavirus, expert opinion, and a tragic lapse of reason. |
| 1:06.1 | Mr. Tamney, congratulations. |
| 1:08.6 | I take you immediately to the day itself for New York City where I live and work. |
| 1:14.0 | This is March 20th, 2020. |
| 1:17.0 | The announcement from the Governor of New York, Mr Cuomo. |
| 1:21.0 | He says that he is closing down New York. |
| 1:25.7 | When I talk about the most drastic action we can take, this is the most drastic action we can take. |
| 1:31.7 | We're going to take it to the ultimate step, which is we're going to take it to the ultimate step which is we're going to close |
| 1:35.3 | the valve. The governor is thinking of the economy as a valve that opens and shuts. |
| 1:40.3 | He then orders a mandated shelter and place. He then orders a mandated |
| 1:46.6 | closure for any business not in compliance with the governor's orders to shut down, |
| 1:51.6 | to lock down. |
| 1:53.7 | He adds, your actions can affect my health. |
| 1:56.7 | That's where we are, he stated. |
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