Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Health Care, Regulation on Oct 2nd, 2011
From tomorrow’s WSJ: When people age, the main valve carrying blood out of the heart becomes brittle. As this aortic valve narrows, it can cause debilitating heart failure, and even death. Fixing the problem in the United States requires open-heart surgery. In Europe, the problem can be repaired using a tiny catheter that introduces a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 2nd, 2011
The post title is a teaser for a longer one I will write up in the spring. The sentiment in the title has been shared with me several times in the past few years. What usually follows is an articulation that sure, those ideas were great for Madison and Washington, but the world is a […]
Posted in Taxation on Oct 2nd, 2011
Fans of taxation like the idea that the “rich” should pay more for the privilege of accessing public goods than the non-rich. Fine, cool, I get it. Then how come fans of progressive taxation don’t also promote laws that require discrimination in all prices according to income? I mean more than saying that the rich […]
