Monty Pelerin's World

The nonsense of government and the notion that it can manage medical costs is discussed below by ThinkMarkets. Every society, no matter how rich, must deal with scarcity. It has [...]

Merely another example of how the government can do nothing, NOTHING properly! Share/Save Download article as PDF

Governor Christie of NJ is a breath of fresh air. His “take-no-prisoners” approach is what must occur in every state in this country. Likewise, it is what has to happen [...]

“The worst thing in the world next to anarchy is government.” Henry Ward Beecher Bloggers post what they claim to be the “scariest economic chart” or the ”chart of the century.” [...]

In an article in Atlantic Monthly entitled My Inflation Nightmare, Michael Kinsley worries about the future of the economy. He fears that inflation, perhaps hyperinflation, is a likely next stage [...]

Anyone who has looked at the financial condition of this country knows insolvency cannot be remedied without severe cutbacks in entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Similarly, major [...]

All of us are going to die. Knowing how and when are answers we are not provided. The imposition of Obamacare does not provide answers, but for most of us [...]

For those who want an explanation of how our health care system got so bad, the following article written in 2000 in The Freeman provides an answer. It was not [...]

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Almost twenty years ago, a doctor friend of mine had two sons approaching college age. One day on the golf course we were discussing our children, regarding their aspirations and [...]

The healthcare fiasco rumbles on as Washington does everything it can to extend its power and control over the citizenry. It would be one thing if this effort would improve [...]

Image via Wikipedia My distaste for government in its current bloated form (a State as opposed to a government) should be apparent. Recently, I have characterized our government as a [...]