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Charging Patients More Upfront Leads to More Affordable Healthcare
More skin in the game means lower costs for consumers and eventually taxpayers via lower federal health program costs.
Ross Marchand | May 15, 2019
The Insanity of the Push for Rent Control
The nationwide retreat of rent control was consistent with the thrust of decades of economic research, and the new controls fly in the face of that research.
Benjamin Powell | May 14, 2019
UN Biodiversity Report Confirms the Sky Is Not Falling
The UN report (subtly) admits what many in the press won’t: indicators aren’t so bad, and capitalism can help save the environment.
Ross Marchand | May 13, 2019
Comparative Economic Systems
Now, three decades after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, it may be time to bring back courses in Comparative Economic Systems.
Randall G. Holcombe | May 11, 2019
The State of Union America
Flaws and Frustrations Galore
Luka Ladan | May 10, 2019
Conor Norris | May 9, 2019
Senator Warren’s Student Debt Plan
The Worst Higher Education Proposal Ever Made
Richard Vedder | May 8, 2019
Warren Buffett Warns Movers to Avoid States with Large Unfunded Pension Liabilities
Unsurprisingly, a public pension plan with an ever-growing mountain of pension debt costs much more for the taxpayer to operate than the one without.
Anil Niraula | May 7, 2019
But What About Traffic?
The Case for Road Pricing
Scott Beyer | May 6, 2019
Let Kids Be Kids Again
Their Future Depends on It
Ben Wilterdink | May 4, 2019
Debate in America has Grown Too Fossilized
Take a Journey Outside Your Comfort Zone
Ross Marchand | May 3, 2019
Samuel R. Staley | May 2, 2019