By 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. By consequence, I’m obligated and prone to think about the financial and economic … [Read more...] about What Student Loans and Health Care Have in Common
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Schools Are Outdated. It’s Time For Reform.
By Paul Boyce The public education system we currently know has been around for more than 150 years. However, the basic schooling model remains the same. Roughly 20 to 30 kids of the same age are stuffed into a classroom and taught by one teacher. Even though the curricula have developed, the essence has stayed the same. Children are still taught in a standardized and … [Read more...] about Schools Are Outdated. It’s Time For Reform.
IRS Revoking Passports Shows How Government Erodes Everything We Hold Dear
By Graham Smith If you have outstanding tax debt, the IRS may now want to take your passport. For U.S. crypto holders still waiting on promised IRS guidelines for filing — especially those overseas who may have missed these warning memos — the over 400,000 agency notifications issued since February last year are troubling. This kind of behavior from government is nothing … [Read more...] about IRS Revoking Passports Shows How Government Erodes Everything We Hold Dear
Is It Obvious Yet That Tariffs Injure Americans?
By Jeffrey A. Tucker For years now, competent commentators have tried to explain that tariffs do no one any good (on net). They are taxes. They increase business costs. They force businesses to cough up to the government for no particular reason. They don’t work to open economies. They sow seeds of distrust. They invite retaliation thus ruining export markets in addition to … [Read more...] about Is It Obvious Yet That Tariffs Injure Americans?
The High Cost of Occupational Licensing
By Antony Sammeroff One of the most fundamental things about economics — which many people who are passionate about politics do not understand — is that the economy is not like a chess board where you can move one piece with deterministic and predictable consequences. On the contrary, an economy is an intricate fabric of interrelated institutions and actors all of whom act … [Read more...] about The High Cost of Occupational Licensing