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Behind the campaign slogan of “Medicare for All” is the threat to impose price controls, rationing, and delays in medical treatment. This is the inevitable outcome of adopting a 100-percent government monopoly in health care.
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By William L. Anderson (Mises Institute, 2/8/20)
Socialists don’t necessarily believe that socialism produces better economic outcomes than capitalism. In fact, their stress on the “fairness” of socialism, rather than the economic logic of how their policy recommendations would work, is partly an attempt to deflect attention away from socialism’s countless failures to promote wealth creation and human flourishing.
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By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 2/3/20)
American higher education suffers from an excess of accrediting organizations that enable school officials to give each other passing marks, but which give students and parents too little information for making good choices. Accreditation as currently structured has restricted healthy competition among colleges and universities, robbing higher education of genuine diversity and vitality.
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By Scott Beyer (Catalyst, 2/5/20)
California’s solar panel mandate adds to the cost of a new home precisely when the Golden State is facing an acute housing shortage. It’s a classic example of a regulation that fails on cost-benefit grounds, but which passes the wishful-thinking and interest-group-profiteering tests.
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By K. Lloyd Billingsley (Fox & Hounds, 2/11/20)
The latest NFL championship game was notable for its amazing displays of athletic prowess—and also for its differences with the political world. Unlike in politics, the rules were the same for both teams, and it was the players themselves who ultimately determined the outcome.
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Volume 22, Issue 7: February 18, 2020
By John C. Goodman (Forbes, 2/12/20)
Behind the campaign slogan of “Medicare for All” is the threat to impose price controls, rationing, and delays in medical treatment. This is the inevitable outcome of adopting a 100-percent government monopoly in health care.
READ MORE »
By William L. Anderson (Mises Institute, 2/8/20)
Socialists don’t necessarily believe that socialism produces better economic outcomes than capitalism. In fact, their stress on the “fairness” of socialism, rather than the economic logic of how their policy recommendations would work, is partly an attempt to deflect attention away from socialism’s countless failures to promote wealth creation and human flourishing.
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In All Fairness
Equality, Liberty, and the Quest for Human Dignity
Equality, Liberty, and the Quest for Human Dignity
Edited by Robert M. Whaples, Michael C. Munger, Christopher J. Coyne
By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 2/3/20)
American higher education suffers from an excess of accrediting organizations that enable school officials to give each other passing marks, but which give students and parents too little information for making good choices. Accreditation as currently structured has restricted healthy competition among colleges and universities, robbing higher education of genuine diversity and vitality.
READ MORE »
By Scott Beyer (Catalyst, 2/5/20)
California’s solar panel mandate adds to the cost of a new home precisely when the Golden State is facing an acute housing shortage. It’s a classic example of a regulation that fails on cost-benefit grounds, but which passes the wishful-thinking and interest-group-profiteering tests.
READ MORE »
By K. Lloyd Billingsley (Fox & Hounds, 2/11/20)
The latest NFL championship game was notable for its amazing displays of athletic prowess—and also for its differences with the political world. Unlike in politics, the rules were the same for both teams, and it was the players themselves who ultimately determined the outcome.
READ MORE »
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
- Harriet Breathes Life into Call for Liberty, by Samuel R. Staley
- Venezuela’s Fictional President May Still Offer Hope, by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
- SF Official Arrested for Graft Should Have Been Axed Years Ago, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- FDA Expands Ecstasy Access to Veterans with PTSD, by Raymond J. March
- Trump’s Budget Proposal Stakes Unique Position for 2020 Election, by Craig Eyermann
- A Proposed California Constitutional Amendment to Resolve the Housing Affordability Crisis, by Lawrence J. McQuillan
Catalyst: New Articles
- Star Wars Bureaucracy, by Conor Norris
- U.S. Cities Should Bring Back For-Pay Toilets, by Scott Beyer
- How Millennials Can Save Six-Figures (Yes, Cutting Out Coffee Helps), by Luka Ladan
- HSAs Can Save Millions of Smokers’ Lives – with the Right Rules, by Ross Marchand
