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Trump Delivers Mixed Results on Health Reform

The willingness to embrace price controls and other forms of interventionism imperils the larger goals of healthcare reform.

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A Nobel Prize for Innovation, Dynamism, and Creative Destruction

The policy implications of this Nobel are clear. Governments cannot engineer innovation.

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The Betrayed Consumer

Public skepticism of “capitalism” will diminish only when citizens see large firms being disciplined through entry, exit, and consumer choice rather than political ties.

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Obamacare Needs Life-Altering Surgery

If you think healthcare is expensive now, P.J. O’Rourke once quipped, just wait until it’s free.

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