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Analysis and Commentary

Ending The Requirement To Show Drug Efficacy

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

In my January 14 post, "Why Are Drug Prices So High?", I referenced Charley Hooper's and my proposal that Congress go back to pre-1962 law and have the FDA be a certifier of only safety, not efficacy. In the longer piece that I linked to, we also suggested having drugs automatically legal in the United States if they are approved by a similar regulatory agency in any of a few developed countries.

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Fixing FDA Is Literally A Matter Of Life And Death

by Henry I. Miller, Jeff Stiervia The Hill
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

In a December 60 Minutes interview, House Speaker Paul Ryan spoke of the need for regulatory reform.

John Cochrane explains how America should focus on growth, not economic redistribution
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What's Wrong With The American Economy?

interview with John H. Cochranevia Uncommon Knowledge
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

John Cochrane explains how America should focus on growth, not economic redistribution.

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Don’t Poor Lives Matter?

by Henry I. Millervia Hoover Digest
Friday, January 27, 2017

Regulation that chokes off investment hits everyone in the pocketbook, but the poor also pay with their health. 

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Progressively Poorer

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Hoover Digest
Friday, January 27, 2017

So-called progressives are hostile to free markets, capital, and labor—the very things that would reduce the inequality they claim to abhor. 

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Work Long and Prosper

by Charles Blahousvia Hoover Digest
Friday, January 27, 2017

For robust economic health, more Americans need to work, and to keep working. (Some solutions really are that simple.) 

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Non-Explanation for Non-Recovery

by Robert J. Barrovia Hoover Digest
Friday, January 27, 2017

The sharp downturn, as history suggests, should have been followed by a sharp rebound. Why has the economy sagged instead? Look to the feds.

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Putting Words into Action

by Lee Ohanianvia Hoover Digest
Friday, January 27, 2017

The new administration’s economic policies range from good to not so good. The time is short to straighten them out. 

Interviews

Thomas Sowell On The John Batchelor Show

interview with Thomas Sowellvia The John Batchelor Show
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Hoover Institution fellow Thomas Sowell discusses his book Wealth, Poverty and Politics.

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The Libertarian: A Regulation Revolution

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Thursday, January 19, 2017

The new Congress sets out to limit the reach of federal regulators.

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The Working Group on Economic Policy brings together experts on economic and financial policy to study key developments in the U.S. and global economies, examine their interactions, and develop specific policy proposals.

Milton and Rose Friedman: An Uncommon Couple