Health care reform? Explain and encourage metabolic health Notes below from November 2022 Normal Nutrition post discussing my metabolic health journey. This morning, October 1, arboleaf scale reads 195.4 lb, 22.4% body fat. Also...
Consider contrasting stories of Medicaid services and access. One an article from the New York Times, the other a Medscape Commentary by Nina Teicholz. And also consider an Oregon study, discussed below, comparing thousands who gained access to...
Economic freedom should include freedom to work where one chooses. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals should be able to work in any state they wish, regardless of where they received their training. Labor...
The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its foreign policy toward one or more of the following Central American countries: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.2024-2025 Debate Resolutions How can...
Past Economic Thinking posts have reviewed health care policies and ideas for reform. The 2024 Stoa policy topic is: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform its policy on healthcare. Though many...
End all federal energy subsidies and mandates In the 1970s–fifty years ago now– The Energy Crisis jolted the U.S. economy causing shortages and long lines at gas stations. In response various federal energy policies...
… While in North America economists have considerable influence in finance, industry, and government, in South America their influence has been even greater. From Mexico to Argentina, from Brazil to Peru, state by state,...
Okay, maybe not movies, but documentaries and online videos. Still, these can be an engaging way to survey ongoing debates over current and future energy technologies. The hundreds of thousands migrating north to cities...
On a recent drive home from Vancouver, British Columbia, I listened to the Cato Daily Podcast interview with Nolan Gray discussing high housing costs and recent reforms. (Housing policy was the topic for the...
Government and opposition members debated Vancouver housing policy yesterday (Dec. 20) at the Vancouver Debate Academy’s first Deliberative Dialogue event. The four teams had just 30 minutes to research the announced motion, calling for...
Charles Dicken’s novel, A Christmas Carol, was set in England in the early 1840s. We hope England and Europe escapes the cold of the winter of 1840-41. Modern industrial societies should be safe from...
