I’m reading Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff, by Arthur Okun. The first paragraph lists some merit goods in the US: Justice Political rights Access
I mentioned health care as a merit good in an post last week. What I want to emphasize about all the discussion in that post
If my daughter doesn’t take her asthma medication, she’ll end up in the ER. I’m not exaggerating. Just ask Aaron, whom I’ve called at late
Is health reform like the civil rights movement? That’s what Jay Angoff, special adviser to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, suggested, reports Lachlan Markay (Politico). Austin’s comment:
I came down hard on Greg Mankiw and Steve Landsburg for claiming that the purpose of the ACA is to redistribute income. I acknowledged in
If there exists a society that doesn’t struggle with the ethics (or equality) versus efficiency tradeoff, I’ve never heard of it. Moreover, the U.S. is
This post complements one yesterday that focused on market failures in health insurance (read it first). It’s loosely based on the content of Economics of
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