Day: May 20, 2010

Does Regulation Always Tighten?

Austin Frakt May 20, 2010

Here’s Robin Hanson’s regulation ratchet theory (via Bryan Caplan): Look, in any area where we let humans do things, every once in a while there

The Evidence on Salt

Austin Frakt May 20, 2010

Thanks go to BradF for some pointers to the evidence and debate over salt’s effect on health. He directed me to Marion Nestle of the

Why Aren’t Medicare PPOs More Popular?

Austin Frakt May 20, 2010

I published a paper in 2005 with Steve Pizer and Roger Feldman on the curious and costly way regional PPOs were encouraged to enter the

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