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John Goodman’s Commentaries
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Keynesianism VS Paul Krugman And Why We Aren’t Growing Faster
Until we entered the Great Recession, most economists regarded Keynesian economics as a relic of the past. You could still find it discussed in some introductory textbooks.
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Counter Revolution From The Left: Corbyn, Sanders And Krugman
What we call the Reagan Revolution was not just a US phenomenon. Beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century there was massive political change all over the world.
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Why Does Anyone Work?
As Americans celebrated the Labor Day weekend, nearly 94 million people of working age actually had nothing to celebrate. That’s because they aren’t in the labor force.
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Why Obamacare’s Cost Control Efforts Aren’t Working
In every field of endeavor, change is brought about by entrepreneurs. These are the creators. The innovators. They rarely stop thinking. The only question is: What are they thinking about?
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Limited Benefit Insurance: An Alternative To ObamaCare
One of the strangest things about Obamacare is that it is trying to force millions of families to obtain the wrong kind of insurance. When they turn it down, these families often end up with no insurance at all.
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Cato Goes Off The Rails On Health Policy
It’s been five years since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). In all that time Republicans have not produced a single, credible alternative to it that they can unite behind. Have you ever wondered why?
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The Republican Cadillac Tax
Big business is against it. So is big labor. Ditto for K Street. What do they want? The repeal of Obamacare’s tax on high cost health care plans.
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Don’t Repeal The Cadillac Plan Tax. Replace It.
Beginning in 2018, high-cost, private sector health plans will be subject to a special levy, popularly known as the “Cadillac plan” tax.
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Finally, a Republican alternative to ObamaCare is emerging
After five years of internal wrangling and bickering and inaction, it seems as though Republicans in Congress are inching closer to doing what most people had thought was impossible: a sensible, workable alternative to the Affordable Care Act.
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Cassidy Health Plan: The Third Way
The Supreme Court will soon rule on whether federal tax subsidies for health insurance are legal in 37 states where state governments are not running their own exchanges.