Jeffrey Tucker on private vs. public decisions concerning the coronavirus

I don’t know what should and shouldn’t be shut down. But neither does the government have some special magical access to information on risk probabilities and the proper way forward. In fact, government is the last institution that should be making this judgment. Government acts out of self-interest; enterprise acts in the public interest. The obvious answer here is to leave the decision to private actors who are in the best position to make a good judgment on what should shut and what should open.

~ Jeffrey Tucker, "Celebrate the Heroes Who Stay Open," AIER.org, March 14, 2020