Surprise Billing: What the Policy Wonks Don’t Get
Do hospital-based physicians benefit from being out-of-network? Are policy wonks who attack “surprise billing” fully aware of the relevant factors?
Recent Podcast Episodes
Polygenic Risk Scoring: An Epidemiologist’s Perspective
Accad and Koka interview Dr. Cecile Janssens, whose research concerns the translation of genomics research to applications in clinical and public health practice.
Dan Sanchez on How Jordan Peterson Could Help the Joker
Bob Murphy and Dan Sanchez discuss some weighty matters relevant to today’s charged political climate.
Mises and the Philosophers
David Gordon speaks at the 2019 Supporters Summit in Los Angeles, California.
Ludwig von Mises, Hero
Lew Rockwell speaks at the 2019 Supporters Summit in Los Angeles, California.
Mises’s Intellectual Heir
Peter Klein speaks at the 2019 Supporters Summit in Los Angeles, California.
What Would Mises Think of... ?
Jeff Deist speaks at the 2019 Supporters Summit in Los Angeles, California.
Question and Answer Period
Lew Rockwell and Paul Cantor answer audience questions at the 2019 Supporters Summit in Los Angeles, California.
Murray Rothbard’s Conceived in Liberty, Volume V: The New Republic, 1784–1791
Patrick Newman speaks at the 2019 Supporters Summit in Los Angeles, California.
Mark Thornton on How Government Propped Up Slavery in the American South
Bob Murphy and Mark Thornton discuss the various ways in which government intervention masked slavery's inefficiency in the American South.
The Trojan Horse of Surprise Billing Legislation
Are out-of-network physicians deliberately trying to price-gouge patients in need of emergency care? Will “surprise billing legislation” solve the problems of narrow networks?
Cashiers, the Vice of Economists, AOC Getting Trolled, and Biden as the Godfather
In this episode, Bob Murphy tells some whimsical stories.
Richard Vedder on Restoring the Promise of Higher Education in America
Bob Murphy and Richard Vedder discusses Vedder's new book, Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America.
Jeff Snider Explains the Repo Market Flare-Up, the Fed’s Phony Solution, and the Global Dollar Problem
Bob Murphy and Jeff Snider discuss the recent spike in lending rates in the repo markets, and how the Fed’s attempted solution fails to address the real problem.
Neurosurgery, Health Policy, and the Free Market: A Conversation with Richard Menger
Can a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School hold on to free market principles? Accad and Koka discuss health policy and economics with neurosurgeon Dr. Richard Menger.
Patrick Newman on Rothbard and his Critics
The late Murray Rothbard has passionate fans and critics alike—but was he really the intransigent person his detractors portray?
Walter Block and William Barnett on Problems With the Hayekian Triangle
Block and Barnett on whether the Hayekian triangle—the popular device used to illustrate how artificially low interest rates lead to an unsustainable boom—can be salvaged or should be abandoned altogether.
