First Cigarettes, Now Bacon and Eggs
First they came for the cigarettes, then Hank Williams Jr. got knocked off Monday Night Football.
Health
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Prohibition Through the Eyes of Homer Simpson
Presented to the Young Americans for Liberty. Hosted at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 September 2011.
The Mayo Clinic and the Free Market
Remarkably, however, the patron of the famous clinic did not have a medical license.
The Economics of US Healthcare
The US healthcare system is a complex leviathan of interdependent cartels rather than a free market.
The Pretense of Medical Knowledge
We should hope that the medical art is not co-opted by governing elites (including those with an MD or MPH after their name) who believe that practicing medicine is as easy as checking off boxes and interpreting numbers on a computer screen. Such a simplistic view is undoubtedly a fatal conceit.
Yes, There is a Revolution Afoot
There is a revolution afoot, one that is happening much more quickly than the Industrial Revolution.
Revisiting the Anthrax Crisis
Bruce Ivins had the skill, the opportunity, and the motives to single-handedly produce the crisis that the state needed.
Restoring the Honor of the Spanish Cucumber
The food-poisoning scare has ravaged Europe's agricultural sector, and losses have already spiraled into the billions.
Welfare before the Welfare State
People found innovative ways of supporting each other before the welfare state existed.
