Reason Alert: Annual Webathon, Broken Labor Market, Misinformation, Lockdowns, and More

Reason Alert Friday, December 2, 2022     Annual Webathon: Support Reason and Create the Next Generation of Libertarians!  Your tax-deductible contributions are vital to one of the greatest recruitment tools for "free minds and free markets."  By Nick Gillespie  Friday Funnies Beer ban at the World Cup. By Steve Breen Friday Movie Review: Violent Night  Season's beatings.  By Kurt Loder  The Labor Market Is Broken  Employment is an ultimatum game, where playing along might get workers less than employers, but refusing to play gets everyone zero.  By Katherine Mangu-Ward You Asked, We Answered With Libertarian Explanations, Animals, and…Cookie Dough?  Enjoy our special webathon video episode, where we answer your batty listener questions. Now donate, you delightful bunch of free-thinking misfits!  By Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman Twitter Quits the Biden Administration's Ham-Handed Crusade Against COVID-19 'Misinformation'  Elon Musk's rescission of the platform's prior policy, which forbade dissent from official guidance, is consistent with his promise of lighter moderation.  By Jacob Sullum  China's COVID Lockdowns Once Inspired Western Officials; They Should Listen to Protesters Instead  Given the harms caused, lessons should be learned from China’s people, not its government.   By J.D. Tuccille  Challenging Fauci, Documenting Government Outrage: What Reason Does With Your Donations  Read some of our Top 10 stories from the past year.   By Matt Welch  Sam Bankman-Fried: Trust Is Everything  Ironically, the FTX meltdown is the best illustration yet of why the world needs bitcoin.   By Zach Weissmueller and Regan Taylor FTX Collapse Is a Reminder That Public Pension Systems Should Avoid High-Risk Investments The recent bankruptcy of FTX sparks important questions about the exposure of public pension funds—and taxpayers—to cryptocurrencies.    By Swaroop Bhagavatula  Education Trends: School Choice Success in Midterms, New Open Enrollment Report, and More  Plus: California's latest education spending mandate. By Jude Schwalbach  What Does the Respect for Marriage Act Actually Say?  This isn't something radical. It basically just affirms a status quo supported by the polls.   By Scott Shackford What Was Your Favorite Reason Video of 2022? And How Can You Get More of Them?  Your tax-deductible support for us will go twice as far thanks to an amazing $100,000 match grant right now!   By Nick Gillespie  Has the GOP Lost Its Mind Over Donald Trump and Election Fraud?  Weapons of Mass Delusion author Robert Draper says Republicans need a massive reality check.   By Nick Gillespie  The Federal Government's Plan to Track Truckers' Every Movement Is a Privacy Nightmare  This surveillance would be unconstitutional—and there’s no reason to believe it will make anyone safer.  By Jared McClain   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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -