A detour into the political history of England with Victor Davis Hanson. Historically, Britain has looked more upon the seas and the New World than eastward to Europe. In that transatlantic sense, a Canadian or American typically had more in …
Category: Free-Market
Watch “The Day 2 Problem for Egalitarianism | Prof. James Otteson” on YouTube
Professor Otteson discusses the fatal flaws of redistributive planned economies, not the least of which is a decline in cooperative innovation.
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Surprise Medical Bills: We Know the Cure…Few Are Using it
This whole issue of “surprise bills” is a symptom of a more pernicious economic disease which has been driving prices in healthcare for decades; that being, a lack on discoverable, actionable meaningful prices for bundled medical services. Moreover, the lack …
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Watch “John Stossel – Influence of Milton Friedman” on YouTube
Milton Friedman’s core message was that personal freedom and economic freedom go hand in hand. Pursuing life, liberty & happiness must be accomplished by individuals, and can’t be granted to us by bureaucrats or gov’t programs. Milton Friedman understood this …
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Bernie Sanders Gets a Lesson in What a $15 Minimum Wage Would Mean – Reason.com
“…it’s telling to see how Sanders’ campaign responded to the allegation that the Vermont socialist is not putting his money where his mouth is. In a statement, Shakir stressed that Sanders’ campaign “offers wages and benefits competitive with other campaigns, …
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FORBES | Employers Could Slash Their Health Costs Overnight. So, Why Don’t They?
“I am often asked if the free market can work in health care. My quick reply is: That is the only thing that works. At least, it is the only thing that works well. Show me a health care market …
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Bad Ideas Are Spreading Like the Plague – Reason.com
At the very moment we succeeded in banishing a deadly affliction from our country, in other words, people began eschewing the measures that made this medical miracle possible. Socialism, too, is having an American renaissance. As with measles, if it’s …
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