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The Determined Statist akaThe Incidental Economist
The authors of the blog The Incidental Economist are thinking of changing its name and are asking readers for suggestions (mine is given below). Evidently, the primary authors have no formal economic training and so the name doesn’t “convey” what they do, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged Accountable Care Act, liberal mind, liberals, ObamaCare, statism, The Incidental Economist, wonks
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Noticing The Misogynists
Well, this falls into the “Miracles Never Cease” category: The Washington Post daring to print an article describing the abuse of women in Afghanistan. The articles we usually see from the Post tend to ignore the plight of women in certain areas of the world. Not only … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, human-rights, Iranian elections, misogyny, war on women
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Debating Wing Nuts
So liberals like Cass Sunstein of Harvard Law School think they have a way to humble “wing nuts.” Wing nuts are people who, from the liberal perspective, disagree with the liberal “vision” of massive government. As he considers how to debate wing nuts, Sunstein finds a … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, People
Tagged big government, Cass Sunstein, liberal mind, politics, wing nuts
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No Shower After Working Out?
Okay, so this post comes many years too late, but I still marvel at the hygiene (or rather lack thereof) exhibited by people who go the gym. Here’s what I mean: in the old days, people would go to the gym, workout, … Continue reading
Benghazi Apologetics
Glenn Kessler is the putative “fact-checker” for the Washington Post, but he steps out of that role in a recent column, which the Post styles not as fact checking, but as an “analy-tic look” at the news about Benghazi. According to Kessler, the administration didn’t intentionally lie about … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics
Tagged Benghazi, current events, glenn kessler, Hillary Clinton
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Celebrating Jason Collins
So it seems that almost everyone is falling over themselves as they rush to deify pro basketball player Jason Collins, the new gay trailblazer. Since announcing his sexual orientation to the world, Collins has spoken with such heavyweights as Oprah Winfrey and even President Obama. And who hasn’t seen the praise from just about … Continue reading
More Liberal Lip Service About Women
So now the intrepid Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and other Democratic lawmakers are pushing a resolution to recognize that climate change hurts women more than men. According to Lee, climate change affects agricultural output which has a “disparate impact” on women. Among other things, … Continue reading
Catastrophic Care – Part Two
The previous post reviewed some of the problems about healthcare in America as iden-tified by David Goldhill in his recent book “Catastrophic Care.” So how does Goldhill pro-pose to fix healthcare and contain costs? First, he would require everyone to purchase health insurance, but … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged antitrust, Catastrophic Care, competition, David Goldhill, health accounts, healthcare costs, moral hazard
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Catastrophic Care – Part One
In his recent book “Catastrophic Care,” David Goldhill argues that the central problem with America’s healthcare system is the use of insurance to finance healthcare expen-ditures. According to Goldhill, insurance-based healthcare cannot control costs because consumers (i.e., patients) don’t directly pay for … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged antitrust, Catastrophic Care, competition, David Goldhill, healthcare costs, moral hazard
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Cost Shifting In Healthcare
One popular idea in healthcare policy has been that providers, such as hospitals, make up for low Medicare prices by charging more for the services they provide to private insurers. This is called cost shifting and hospitals and the insurance … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Politics
Tagged Austin Frakt, cost shifting, health policy, hospitals, Medicare
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