Proposals for public action coupled with faulty logic
Well-constructed thought experiments help us understand a problem. They do not help us predict, either what will happen, or what would have happened.
Category Archives: Policy Analysis
Now we know how successful charter schools have been
Do you think teacher’s unions, and supporters of teacher’s unions, would criticize charter schools if they weren’t working? From the …
Correct direction for health care reform
We have to find a way to return simple profitability to our health care markets. If we cannot do that, the supply of high quality, economical, and timely health care will continue to decline.
“We’ve been grubered again.”
How would like to have your last name turned into a verb that refers to an action so down on …
Public discussion of global climate change: analysis and comments
The climate change argument has five parts: (1) Global warming is underway. (2) Global warming currently underway is different from …
“The System is down at the moment. But we are going to take care of you.”
The great thing about the Affordable Care Act is that, back in 2010, the people who brought you this new …
Path to Labor Market Freedom and Job Growth
The more you tax something, the less you have of it. That happens because a tax raises the cost of …
Laffer’s Laudable Logic
Here’s the second of two posts inspired by the super-committee’s failure to report any results just before Thanksgiving. Committee members …
Thirty Million Uninsured
How many times did we hear during the health care debate in 2009 that thirty million people in the United …
Tax Illogic
The Democrats’ analysis of tax policy has become incoherent. They want to increase tax rates during a recession. More precisely, …
Tax Conundrum
Here’s a good question. We all recognize that government uses taxes to create incentives, right? If you raise taxes on …
