Reason Alert: Stimulus Bill, Minimum Wage, 95 Percent Efficacy, and Criminalizing Everything

Reason Alert Friday, February 26, 2021     Friday Funnies Kids finally get in-person assignments at school. By David Fitzsimmons Remy Video: Go to Mexico  Remy rediscovers his priorities. By Remy Video: What Should Have Happened at the GameStop Hearing  Can’t work Zoom, will fix financial markets.   By Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton Friday Movie Review: The Father  Anthony Hopkins at the latest peak of his power.   By Kurt Loder From 9/11 to COVID, Every Emergency Means Bigger Government  We have to stop governing by emergency.   By Peter Suderman  Democrats Can't Use Reconciliation To Pass a $15 Minimum Wage. Here's What They Might Do Next.  But the real reason why Democrats should abandon the effort to hike the federal minimum wage has nothing to do with arcane Senate rules or the filibuster.   By Eric Boehm The Minimum Wage Is Terrible for America's Most Vulnerable Workers  Like so many well-intentioned policies, it hurts the people it's supposed to help.   By Veronique de Rugy  House COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Has Big Differences In Per Capita Money Going to States  The allocation formula used by the legislation benefits low population states and those that had high unemployment rates at the end of last year.  By Marc Joffe Vaccines Are 100% Effective at Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths  Wondering what "95 percent efficacy" means? I've got some good news for you.  By Ronald Bailey  The Victims of the Eviction Moratorium  A coalition of Chinese immigrant landlords in New York say they're on the verge of losing everything because of tenants who have stopped paying rent.   By Jim Epstein  'Everything Has Been Criminalized,' Says Neil Gorsuch as He Pushes for Stronger Fourth Amendment Protections  The justice weighs in during oral arguments in Lange v. California.  By Damon Root  Jason Riley: Thomas Sowell's Unique Insights on Race, Economics, and Politics  A new documentary and forthcoming biography pay tribute to the economist's intellectual fearlessness and commitment to empirical research.  By Nick Gillespie  Aviation Policy Trends An industry recovery led by low-cost carriers, space-based surveillance, rethinking how to pay for airports and air traffic control, and more.  By Robert Poole Pension Reform Trends Other post-employment benefit debt, stress testing to help municipal pension plans, why paying down unfunded liabilities makes sense for taxpayers, and more.  By Alix Ollivier  Privatization and Government Reform Trends Funding infrastructure, executive order on private prisons, state public-private partnerships, and more.  By Austill Stuart  Public School District Boundaries Are a Relic of the Past  Despite the growth of choice policies such as charter schools and tax credit scholarships, public education is still tethered to real estate. By Aaron Garth Smith and Christian Barnard   If this email has been forwarded to you and you would like to subscribe to Reason's email newsletters, please go here. Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -