Economic principles
Friday, August 28, 2009The Underappreciated Role of the AMA in Driving Up Health Care CostsBy Paul GessingFiled As: Economic principles, Health CareEconomist Milton Friedman, in his book “Capitalism and Freedom” argued passionately about the economic harms associated with professional licensing. Friedman’s basic point was that “The biggest advocates for licenses ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009Yes We Cannabis?Take it from Dr. Friedman: "Drug prohibition has absolutely no positive effects whatsoever." By Mark Todd EnglerFiled As: Economic principles, Health CareYou know attitudes about the war on drugs are changing when a roundtable of self-important mainstream conventional wisdom guardians generally agrees that states should legalize weed. Given that partisan pundits of both dreary statist ... more »»
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Monday, June 15, 2009Having a health care "system" *is* the problemA "system" implies top-down control. By Brian SchwartzFiled As: Economic principlesRhonda Hackett writes in the Denver Post that as a Canadian living in the United States, many ask her "to declare one health care system as the better one." But the very question assumes politicians should create a ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009Competition's the CureBy Mark Todd EnglerFiled As: Economic principles, General, Health CareIn his latest Townhall.com column, "Competition Would Save Medicine, Too," John Stossel takes issues with Dr. Atul Gawande's "otherwise ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009What Recourse Against Force?By Paul HsiehFiled As: Economic principles, General, Health CareJared Rhoads, director of the Lucidicus Project, has written another excellent op-ed, this time on force and pseudo-competition, as it applies to the proposed "public plan." Here's a sample:
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009Own a Small Business? South Dakota is #1By John LaPlanteFiled As: Economic principlesThe Great Plains Public Policy Institute is in an enviable position: Its state is doing something right. Here is what the institute's president, Ron Williamson, has to say about a new ranking of the states: If you are a small business owner or entrepreneur struggling with big taxes, you might ... more »»
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Friday, April 17, 2009Get in the Game!By Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Economic principles, Events, General, Health Care, Information Technology, Municipal Services, PrivatizationWe're looking for creative submissions around questions like whether government is the best way to expand health coverage and whether health care in other countries is indeed better than in the U.S., as we hear so often. We offer a more »»
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Monday, February 2, 2009Is the Response to Regulation's Failure ... More Regulation?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Economic principlesThe Nevada Policy Research Institute speaks out on how government restricts economic development--and then to address the failures of regulation by still more regulation. Geoffrey Lawrence writes: Over the past three decades, local governments in Nevada have recognized that extensive use of ... more »»
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Thursday, November 27, 2008Happy Thanksgiving DayFiled As: Economic principlesGary Palmer, president of the Alabama Policy Institute, provides a much-needed reminder of the value of Thanksgiving Day. (Hint: It isn't so the entire nation, rather than just portions of the Midwest, can suffer through watching ... more »»
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Friday, October 31, 2008Save Me Before I Borrow AgainBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Economic principlesOne measure on the Ohio ballot next week would effectively end short-term loans known as payday lending. The Buckeye Institute has several publications explaining why this is a bad idea, grounded in more »»
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