Willem G. Cornax

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Report from Prague: Austrian Scholars Gather in “the Spirit of Mises University”

05/18/2016 Mises Wire Willem G. Cornax

In April, a group of young scholars from all across Europe convened at the CEVRO Institute in Prague for the Second Austrian Economics Meeting Europe.

How Third-Party Payers Drive Up Medical Costs

09/22/2014 Mises Daily Willem G. Cornax

The modern health insurance industry, a by-product of government regulation and tax policy, has led to a system in which the consumer of medical services doesn’t know the costs or final prices charged for services. Without a functioning system of price signals, prices cannot be contained.

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