The maxim at the foundation of Western medicine merits wider application, including to the realm of government policymaking. If applied consistently across the board, however, it would shut down government as we now know it.
First, Do No Harm
By Robert Higgs
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article
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the Winter 2016/17 issue of The Independent Review.
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