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Analysis and Commentary

U.N. regulatory follies

by Henry I. Miller with Milton Friedmanvia Washington Times
Thursday, October 4, 2007

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there would be a shortage of sand," economist Milton Friedman quipped...

In the News

Health Insurance II: Trends and Characteristics of the Uninsured

via Hoover Institution
Tuesday, October 2, 2007

14.8 percent of the total U.S. population is uninsured...

In the News

Health Insurance II: Trends and Characteristics of the Uninsured

via Hoover Institution
Tuesday, October 2, 2007

14.8 percent of the total U.S. population is uninsured...

In the News

The Decline of Unions

by Gary S. Becker with Milton Friedmanvia Becker-Posner Blog
Monday, October 1, 2007

The recent two-day strike by the United Automobile Workers (UAW) against General Motors (GM) illustrates clearly the steep decline of the importance of unions in the United States economy...

Analysis and Commentary

Only Burma's neighbours can stop its dictators beating up the Buddha

by Timothy Garton Ashvia Guardian (UK)
Thursday, September 27, 2007

There is frustratingly little Europe and the US can do to halt the unfolding tragedy...

In the News

Market system can cure U.S. health care interference

with Milton Friedmanvia News-Leader (MO)
Thursday, September 27, 2007

In "Health care quagmire," Sarah Overstreet discusses the rising costs of health care...

In the News

The Return of HillaryCare

with Milton Friedmanvia FrontPage Magazine
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Thirteen years after “HillaryCare,” her failed one-woman crusade for universal healthcare coverage, became a byword for political overreach, Sen. Hillary Clinton is in the health care business once again...

In the News

Health Insurance I: Definition of the Uninsured

via Hoover Institution
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Those without health insurance constitute a fluid population that measured between 31 million and 55 million people in 2006...

In the News

Please Stop The Aid

with Milton Friedmanvia NewsByUs
Monday, September 17, 2007

"In 1996, the UN declared that 70 countries, aid recipients all, were poorer than in 1980. An incredible 43 were worse off than in 1970..."

In the News

Opinion Piece Praises Romney Health Care Proposal

with John F. Coganvia Kaiser Foundation - Health 08
Monday, September 17, 2007

A health care proposal recently announced by Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney that would "rely on free-market principles and federalism" would "go a long way to fixing our health care system's woes," John Cogan, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and an adviser to the Romney campaign, and Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School and also an adviser to the campaign, write in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece...

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Health Care Policy Working Group


The Working Group on Health Care Policy devises public policies that enable more Americans to get better value for their health care dollar and foster appropriate innovations that will extend and improve life.