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July 23, 2019 | Weekly Newsletter
In a United Nations Report, a Socialist Details Venezuela’s Horrors ([link removed])
By Alvaro Vargas Llosa (National Review, 7/17/19)
[link removed] A scathing United Nations report issued by Chilean socialist Michelle Bachelet has finally acknowledged the human-rights abuses and destructive economic policies of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. Yet for much of the American, European, and Latin American left, the transgressions of Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez have been rationalized in the name of social justice. READ MORE » ([link removed])
[link removed] Liberty for Latin America How to Undo Five Hundred Years of State Oppression ([link removed])
By Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Are Universities Increasingly Liars and Con Artists? ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 6/5/19)
[link removed] The University of Oklahoma lied for around 20 years regarding its alumni funding in order to game the U.S. News college rankings. Temple University systematically lied for years to enhance its business school’s ranking, and Claremont McKenna lied to the U.S. Department of Education in order to improve its already excellent reputation. In fact, universities routinely engage in numerous deceptive practices intended to convince students that attending their school is a risk-free path to prosperity. READ MORE » ([link removed])
[link removed] Restoring the Promise Higher Education in America ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder
How Trump Is Reforming Medicare, Part I ([link removed])
By John C. Goodman and Lawrence J. Wedekind (Forbes, 7/8/19)
[link removed] The Trump administration’s healthcare policy is based on the idea of promoting choice, competition, and market prices. In Medicare, this includes liberating telemedicine, freeing up Accountable Care Organizations, ending payment incentives that are driving doctors to become hospital employees, promoting hospital price transparency, deregulating paperwork, and creating more transparency in the market for prescription drugs. READ MORE » ([link removed])
[link removed] A Better Choice Healthcare Solutions for America ([link removed])
By John C. Goodman
Was There Value in the Space Race? ([link removed])
By Mike M. Moore (Green Valley News, 7/17/19)
[link removed] The Apollo moon landings were world-historic events, and their technical accomplishments should inspire national pride. Whether or not they were good public policy is a different matter. The Apollo program demonstrated America’s technological superiority over its cold war rivals, but the cost—perhaps $200 billion in today’s dollars—makes it hard to justify on economic grounds. READ MORE » ([link removed])
[link removed] Twilight War The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance ([link removed])
By Mike M. Moore
Trump Rolls the Dice on Sanctions and Wins...War? ([link removed])
By Ivan Eland (The American Conservative, 7/17/19)
[link removed] President Trump’s economic sanctions on Iran aim to constrain its missile program and end its assistance to Hezbollah and other militant groups in the Middle East. If history is any guide, however, the sanctions will fall short of achieving his most ambitious political goals. READ MORE » ([link removed])
[link removed] War and the Rogue Presidency Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure ([link removed])
By Ivan Eland
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