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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.
About the author
John Tamny is president of the Parkview Institute, editor of RealClearMarkets, a senior fellow at the Market Institute, and senior economic adviser to mutual fund firm Applied Finance Group. He frequently writes about the securities markets, along with tax, trade, and monetary policy issues that impact those markets for a variety of publications including the
Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and RealClearMarkets. Tamny is the author of six books. His latest is
The Money Confusion (All Seasons Press). Others are
When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason (Post Hill Press), which was released in 2021,
Popular Economics (Regnery, 2015), a primer on economics,
Who Needs the Fed? (Encounter Books, 2016) about the central bank’s onrushing economic irrelevance,
The End of Work (Regnery, 2018), which discusses the exciting evolution of jobs that don’t feel at all like work, along with 2019’s
They’re Both Wrong: A Policy Guide for America's Frustrated Independent Thinkers (AIER).
Summary
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.
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"The intellectuals often get things wrong but it is the politicians that weaponize their errors. Read Tamny's riveting account of what is surely the greatest failure of politics in many generations. And work to make sure nothing like this ever happens again."
