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More evidence of child COVID lockdown harm

February 18, 2024 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

The Sydney Morning Herald reports on more evidence of ongoing harm to children as a result of Australia’s harsh lockdown policies. We’ve seen the same disastrous impact on the lives of a generation of youngsters in US states that closed schools the longest, as well as countries like New Zealand that had repeated lockdowns. It’s […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: america, australia, COVID-19, new zealand

Aussie kids’ increased drowning risk—another consequence of COVID lockdowns

January 8, 2023 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

By now, the anticipated and now well documented consequences of lockdowns for children is well known: massive learning loss; increased mental health issues, including suicides; malnutrition due to increased poverty. The list goes on and all were predicted. The Sydney Morning Herald has identified another to add resulting from Australia’s extensive lockdowns. Per the headline: […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: australia, COVID, COVID-19

UK spike in non-COVID deaths a sign of things to come in other countries that locked down hard?

August 21, 2022 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

A startling article out of the UK reports that, entirely unrelated to COVID, England and Wales are experiencing 1,000 excess deaths a week is cause for alarm in countries that also enforced strict lock-downs. Concerns were raised as early as mid-2020 that locking down would result in precisely what appears to be happening. The piece, […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: australia, COVID, new zealand, UK

What grocery store cartel?

December 30, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

<some comments of mine from an email discussion with colleagues> I must admit I’m pretty puzzled by suggestions there’s a grocery store cartel in the US or by questions about whether there should be a national grocery store chain. By all appearances, the grocery store business is highly competitive, there are few barriers to entry […]

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Women more empowered to pursue career aspirations in developed countries

October 29, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

Fascinating study across 80 countries that both confirms a finding from many previous studies (more boys than girls aspire to a things-oriented or STEM occupation and more girls than boys to a people-oriented occupation) and has an important counterintuitive finding: Women’s empowerment is associated with relatively high levels of national wealth and this wealth allows […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: gender

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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