ARI applied Objectivist principles in generating 2020’s best solutions to the complex social problems of the pandemic.

What should we think of people who flatly refuse to wear masks in any situation? Some pundits give an unequivocal answer: “Failure to wear a mask [is] an incredibly selfish act that puts other people’s lives at risk.” “Being against masks is a. . .

The Covid-19 pandemic and the response to it at multiple levels of government have disrupted all of our lives. We’re just beginning to contemplate the challenge of reopening and rebuilding the economy in the face of ongoing viral spread. To do that. . .

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Dr. Amesh Adalja discuss the ethics of infectious disease and evaluate the continued push for stringent paternalistic measures to combat Covid, including the Chinese government’s push for “Zero. . .

The recently released documentary Plandemic is a perfect example of the type of conspiratorial thinking that has emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic. The claim: that the virus was not “naturally occurring” and thus. . .

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate discuss whether governments should give out lottery prizes or other incentives for getting vaccinated, or mandate vaccination when people refuse it.   Among the topics covered: Why. . .