An example of how the conventional Libertarian ideological framework (the Mises-Hayek-Friedman-Rand-Rothbard axis) fails, just as the statism of “progressives” fails, whatever the value of Libertarian and/or Socialist analysis on many levels. Modern universities (particularly the most elite ones like Harvard) are just as much a part of the ruling class as the medieval church was part of the ruling class. Oren Cass is absolutely right in his analysis that the economic shutdown is a government-caused crisis (albeit one generated by natural causes beyond anyone’s control). Tyler Cowen is like a medieval cleric claiming the church, aristocracy, and monarchy should just forget about trying to help the peasants during an outbreak of the plague.
