Government Intervention, COVID, and the Elderly
Don Boudreaux and Russ Roberts discuss the role of government intervention in protecting individuals from negative impacts, particularly in the context of COVID and the elderly. They question whether it is fair for the elderly to demand restrictions on others' lives for their own protection, and argue that the societal costs of such measures may outweigh the benefits. They reflect on the past two years as potentially being a time of great self-inflicted damage to humanity.In this clip
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