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Healthcare and "Market Failure"

Healthcare services are heterogeneous goods and services that are available in different quantities, qualities, and combinations. They are not homogeneous, and nobody consumes health services per se. On the other hand, there is an equally large variety of … See more

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What Student Loans and Health Care Have in Common

WEBBy Nicholas C. Anderson. What is the governing dynamic causing both student loans and healthcare burdens to run away from us? As a health economist, I spend my days working with incredibly innovative medical device and biotechnology companies who are commercializing into the healthcare space.

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How to Make Health Care Unaffordable and Inaccessible

WEBBy Bradley Thomas. Whether it’s Medicare for All or some other variant of a single-payer plan, the leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are in agreement that more government control will make health care more affordable and accessible.

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A 7-Point Entrepreneurial Solution to the Medical Care Crisis

WEBBy Hunter Hastings and Murray Sabrin. Entrepreneurs solve problems for customers. There are few problems bigger than the horribly perverse medical care system under which patients suffer in the US.

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Nothing Is More Expensive Than a Free Government Service

WEBBy Jeffrey A. Tucker. I’m listening to politicians hock their wares these days. The same ideas keep reappearing. Put them in charge and health care will be free.

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This Entrepreneur Is Suing for the Right to Transport Hospital …

WEBBy Mollie Williams. Most people would pay little attention to an ambulance with a “For Sale” sign sitting on the side of the road. But when Phillip Truesdell spotted the ambulance, he saw a business opportunity.. Over the past two years and with the help of his family, Truesdell has taken that ambulance and built a business, Legacy Medical …

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The Teacher Shortage Is Real and about to Get Much Worse.

WEBBy Paul Boyce. One of the main stressors of teaching is the sheer amount of testing. Students are tested as frequently as twice per month and an average of once per month.. While testing has been around for decades, its …

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The US Is Burying Young People and the Unborn Under a …

WEBBy Jason O’Day. In 2018, the federal government paid $357.3 billion in interest on the nation’s fiscal operating debt—$61 billion more than the previous year.

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Unwealthy is Unhealthy, So Why Mandate It

WEBBy Richard M. Salsman. Abundant historical evidence informs us that poverty both sickens and kills over the long term, that it brings higher rates of morbidity and mortality, not only in less-wealthy, “less-developed” nations but also among poorer folks in wealthier nations. Put positively, wealth promotes health; it thereby increases lifespans …

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Yes, The System is “Rigged”—The Question Is How

WEBBy Bruce Yandle. Once again, some leading capitalists are worried about capitalism’s future, as indeed they should be. Their voices join those of critics from the left who think America’s version of capitalism is rigged. And rigged it is. Recently, JPMorgan Chase CEO James Dimon and large hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio expressed concern …

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Are We Near the End of the Road to Serfdom

WEBBy Barry Brownstein. Recently I was drawn to reread Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom.Passages I previously overlooked leaped from the pages as if in bold print, signaling imminent danger to human progress.

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Exit and Build: The Power of Being Outside the System – Derrick …

WEBOn March 1, 2023, Derrick Broze spoke at Envision Festival in Uvita, Costa Rica. Derrick spoke about why individuals and communities ought to consider the power of being outside of the mainstream slavery systems, as opposed to participating in them.

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S.B. Fuller: The Forgotten History of a Legendary Black American

WEBBy Brian Miller. In the days before President Lyndon Baines Johnson, black Republicans were a thing.And chief among them was Samuel B. Fuller.Fuller was a black American entrepreneur in the mid-Century United States. More than just an entrepreneur, he also gave back to the black community by providing both inspirational speeches as …

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Can A Counter Economy Defeat The Biosecurity State

WEBBy Matt. Walkouts, sickouts, and strikes are becoming frequent tactics deployed by the unvaccinated to fight against mandates which are coming from seemingly every direction.

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The Regulatory-Industrial Complex

WEB[This article was originally printed in the Free Market, September 1990.It was reprinted in The Left, the Right, and the State (2008).]. Socialists want socialism for everyone else, but capitalism for themselves, while capitalists want capitalism for everyone else, but socialism for themselves.

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More Force Won’t Fix the American Diet

WEBBy Jeffrey A. Tucker. Two nutritionists (Dariush Mozaffarian and Dan Glickman) have sounded the alarm about the American diet, saying bluntly what most of us know intuitively to be true:. Americans are sick — much sicker than many realize. More than 100 million adults — almost half the entire adult population — have pre-diabetes or …

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Navigating Vaccine Pressure with Entrepreneurship, Agorist …

WEBWhile few jurisdictions may make the COVID vaccine mandatory, many governments and businesses will most likely make life hard for you should you refuse to take the soon to be distributed vaccine.

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The Tyranny of (Alleged) Experts

WEBBy Barry Brownstein. Think again if you believe draconian controls recommended by a few (but far from all) medical experts are saving many lives from COVID-19. Facts reported by mathematician Yitzhak Ben Israel of Tel Aviv University don’t support such beliefs.. Professor Israel found that no matter how much or little politicians …

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California’s War on Gig Work Falls Hardest on Women

WEBBy Ben Johnson. This year, California’s progressives decided to wage war on the nightmare of being your own boss. A new state law aimed at limiting the gig economy has already cost hundreds of people their jobs—and had a seriously harmful impact on women’s earnings and long-term happiness.

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Issue 44: October 2020 CONTENTS TRENDS & FORECASTING …

WEBmaintenance, activities which have implications for biosurveillance ( W agner et al., 2006 ) In 2004, HSPD-9 (Defense of United States Agriculture and

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Localization & Liberation Building Conscious Movements – Derrick …

WEBBy The Conscious Resistance. On March 9th, 2024, Derrick Broze spoke at Envision Festival in Costa Rica about the importance of localizing and decentralizing as we build conscious movements of free people.

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