Bureaucracy and Regulation

Dr. Marion Mass and Dr. Rupali Chadha join the show to discuss the role of middlemen in healthcare, and how the recent White House executive order to eliminate middlemen will change the healthcare landscape.

Government policy has been driving out smaller providers and driving up healthcare costs. The covid-19 lockdowns will only make things worse.

Joshua Gottlieb is an economist who co-authored a recent paper examining the effect of government policy and physician income.

The highly regulated, protectionist Japanese economy, and an overall collectivist culture, leaves little room for flexibility in executive pay. This makes Japanese businesses less competitive, and work life more miserable.

The highly regulated, protectionist Japanese economy, and an overall collectivist culture, leaves little room for flexibility in executive pay. This makes Japanese businesses less competitive, and work life more miserable.

Scott Beyer is the author of the Market Urbanism Report, which applies free market economic principles to urban issues, such as traffic congestion and housing affordability.

The story of how housing became so unaffordable for so many is a tragic one. But this is a story of our own making, thanks to decades of misguided government regulations.

The story of how housing became so unaffordable for so many is a tragic one. But this is a story of our own making, thanks to decades of misguided government regulations.

The medical profession has long employed the state to pad doctor salaries and influence. Before the Flexner Report, mechanics made more than doctors and the brightest students avoided the profession to enter the clergy.

If current political and economic trends continue, the 2020s will usher in a new period of drastically increased government activity and regulation of the economy.