Category: "medicine"
employment compensation - health insurance
March 7th, 2013There are other factors affecting the economy surrounding health care, but the main thing is the same as in every other part of the economy - people make their economic decisions on the basis of cost and benefit, and obscuring the cost side of that balance distorts the result. more »
econtalk
December 28th, 2012I listen to a few podcasts, when I'm driving or walking around the city, doing laundry or working in the yard. Among them I find econtalk to be informative and engaging, due in part to the in-depth and calm discourse of the interview format between the diverse assortment of guests and host Russ Roberts. more »
pseudoscience on econtalk
June 22nd, 2012I was aware of the scandal surrounding Andrew Wakefield fraudulently claiming research linking autism with vaccination. Interview subject Deer was the person primarily responsible for exposing Wakefield. more »
scarcity and markets in lungs and livers
May 24th, 2012Not every scarce thing is valuable to lots of people, or even to a few people. Setting aside lifeboat situations and the like, our individual time in this life is unique in being both extremely scarce and generally non-transferable. This note aims to r… more »