Behind the campaign slogan of “Medicare for All” is the threat to impose price controls, rationing, and delays in medical treatment.

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February 18, 2020 | Weekly Newsletter

The Dangers of Nationalizing Health Care ([link removed])
By John C. Goodman (Forbes, 2/12/20)
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Behind the campaign slogan of “Medicare for All” is the threat to impose price controls, rationing, and delays in medical treatment. This is the inevitable outcome of adopting a 100-percent government monopoly in health care. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] Priceless Curing the Healthcare Crisis ([link removed])
By John C. Goodman
Socialism Always Fails ([link removed])
By William L. Anderson (Mises Institute, 2/8/20)
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Socialists don’t necessarily believe that socialism produces better economic outcomes than capitalism. In fact, their stress on the “fairness” of socialism, rather than the economic logic of how their policy recommendations would work, is partly an attempt to deflect attention away from socialism’s countless failures to promote wealth creation and human flourishing. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] In All Fairness Equality, Liberty, and the Quest for Human Dignity ([link removed])
Edited by Christopher J. Coyne, Michael C. Munger, Robert M. Whaples
iPhones Are Not Accredited, So Why Are Colleges? ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 2/3/20)
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American higher education suffers from an excess of accrediting organizations that enable school officials to give each other passing marks, but which give students and parents too little information for making good choices. Accreditation as currently structured has restricted healthy competition among colleges and universities, robbing higher education of genuine diversity and vitality. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] Restoring the Promise Higher Education in America ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder
The Misguided Green Virtue-Signaling of Solar Panel Mandates ([link removed])
By Scott Beyer (Catalyst, 2/5/20)
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California’s solar panel mandate adds to the cost of a new home precisely when the Golden State is facing an acute housing shortage. It’s a classic example of a regulation that fails on cost-benefit grounds, but which passes the wishful-thinking and interest-group-profiteering tests. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] Nature Unbound Bureaucracy vs. the Environment ([link removed])
By Kenneth J. Sim, Randy Simmons, Ryan M. Yonk
Super Bowl LIV Socio-Economic Studies ([link removed])
By K. Lloyd Billingsley (Fox & Hounds, 2/11/20)
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The latest NFL championship game was notable for its amazing displays of athletic prowess—and also for its differences with the political world. Unlike in politics, the rules were the same for both teams, and it was the players themselves who ultimately determined the outcome. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] Beyond Politics (Revised and Updated Edition) The Roots of Government Failure ([link removed])
By Randy Simmons
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* FDA Expands Ecstasy Access to Veterans with PTSD ([link removed]) , by Raymond J. March
* Trump’s Budget Proposal Stakes Unique Position for 2020 Election ([link removed]) , by Craig Eyermann
* A Proposed California Constitutional Amendment to Resolve the Housing Affordability Crisis ([link removed]) , by Lawrence J. McQuillan

Catalyst: New Articles
* Star Wars Bureaucracy ([link removed]) , by Conor Norris
* U.S. Cities Should Bring Back For-Pay Toilets ([link removed]) , by Scott Beyer
* How Millennials Can Save Six-Figures (Yes, Cutting Out Coffee Helps) ([link removed]) , by Luka Ladan
* HSAs Can Save Millions of Smokers’ Lives – with the Right Rules ([link removed]) , by Ross Marchand


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