by Brian Garst | Aug 1, 2023 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by AIER on July 22, 2023. Senator Bernie Sanders isn’t right about much, but he is about one thing: The United States pays too much for prescription drugs. In fact, as the Senator recently pointed out, Americans often spend two to four times more...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 5, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
When I write about Sweden, it is usually to point out the nation’s schizophrenic approach to public policy – very bad on fiscal issues but very good in other areas like trade, regulation, and monetary policy. Though there are even some good...
by Brian Garst | Mar 14, 2023 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by CNSNews on March 13, 2023. When a boss is running a toxic workplace, hierarchical superiors are the ones who have to reign in such behavior. What they must not do is give such a leader any additional powers. That would be a setup for disaster....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
In mid-2021, I wrote about long-run policy lessons from the coronavirus pandemic. That column focused on insights from my five-part series (see here, here, here, here, and here) about the failure of big government. More specifically,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 5, 2023 | Blogs, Health Care
Does the United States have a market-based health care system or a socialist health care system? That’s not an easy question to answer. Because of Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs, taxpayers directly finance about 50 percent of...
