Health

Remarkably, however, the patron of the famous clinic did not have a medical license.

The US healthcare system is a complex leviathan of interdependent cartels rather than a free market.

Recorded at Mises University 2011.

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.

There is a revolution afoot, one that is happening much more quickly than the Industrial Revolution.

The food-poisoning scare has ravaged Europe's agricultural sector, and losses have already spiraled into the billions.

People found innovative ways of supporting each other before the welfare state existed. This article walks through David Beito’s in From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State.

Prior to the advent of Medicare and Medicaid, individuals paid for the majority of medical goods and services out of their own pocket and utilized health insurance as a rational tool for mitigating financial risk posed by catastrophic events.

We should thank our lucky stars for air conditioning — and hope that that government won’t destroy it, writes Mark Thornton.