@BorisJohnson 's government has botched its response to #COVID . Despite massive public spending and another round of #sledgehammer  #lockdowns , the #UK  is poised to contract by more than any of its #G7  peers, while its COVID deaths soar.

@alferdez  is another clueless Argentine President. His #Sledgehammer  lockdowns in Arg. haven't prevented the spread of #COVID . He claimed he would #nationalize  @RepsolWorldwide , but decided not to. And #Inflation  rages, at 118.26%/yr by my measure. More Arg. govt. incompetence.

@NPR  reports the story of Abu Alaa, a Syrian in Damascus who wakes up at dawn to wait 6 hrs to buy just 2 packets of bread, followed by another 6 hrs for fuel. But Abu Alaa isn't alone: millions of Syrians have to deal with this. Today, I measure Syria’s inflation at 227.03%/yr.

#BREAKING : wit @MBuhari  asleep at the wheel #endSARs    protests roll on. Where i #Sleepy  #Buhari  as his citizens are protesting in the streets?

#EconWatch : #turkey '>I #Turkey #COVID  cases AND deaths are spiraling out of control. Over 30,000 new cases were recorded in a single day, with daily deaths setting a new record @RTErdogan  ’s solution? More ineffectiv #lockdowns  .

#Lebanon 's real GDP is projected to contract by 19.2% in 2020, putting over half the country in poverty. To make matters worse, I measur #inflation  each day, and it’s raging at 268.74%/yr. The only thing that can save Lebanon is a currency board.

#Nigeria ’ @cenbank  is introducin #SpecialBills  - short-term, zero-coupon securities - in an effort to control Nigeria's money supply. Wit #Inflation  raging at 32.10%/yr by my measure, the real way to smash inflation is with #CurrencyBoard  .

#India 's economy shrank 7.5% in the last quarter, making it one of the worst-performing major economies. 140M people have also lost their jobs due to ill-advise #Lockdowns  . A #Modi  obsesses ove #Hindutva  politics, India tanks.

In #Venezuela  @maduro_en 's corrupt socialist leadership has crashed the economy and allowed crime and chaos to reign. Venezuelans are voting with their feet. Yes, they are trying to escape the ravages of #Socialism  as fast as they can. Just look at the numbers.

What does #XiJinping  think of #FreeMarkets ? Just look at his favorite "entrepreneur" Zhang Jian. He has built a business empire via monopolies that the #Communists  have granted him. For Xi, there’s one kind of capitalism: crony capitalism.