- The case for consumer product safety regulation. I’m skeptical. It doesn’t look like OSHA has had much impact on workplace safety.
- Claim: Beijing’s Revenge for the Opium Wars is Mass Murdering Americans with Fentanyl
- Brian Miller on how to reform health care: more competition and less regulation.
- Why can’t we make dishwashers great again?
- Do we “pay twice for drugs,” as AOC claims? No.
Category: Thursday Links
Thursday Links
- Why is Amazon selling suicide kits?
- The Easterlin Paradox: happiness varies with income across countries and between individuals, but does not seem to vary significantly with a country’s income as it changes over time.
- Cuban life expectancy is exemplary in Latin America; but that was true before the Cuban Revolution; and the gap began to close after the Cuban Revolution. (HT: Tyler)
- More reasons to doubt extreme global warming.
- Does Biden want to end the gig economy?
Thursday Links
- 10 million Swedes have private health insurance, with 60% paid by employers. “The advantages are quicker consultations and avoiding long waiting lines.”
- Dual eligibles (Medicare plus Medicaid) do better in Medicare Advantage special needs plans than in traditional Medicare.
- Arnold Kling on all the Covid mistakes and who made them.
- Is the CDC causing patients needless pain?
- Study: Midlife crises are real.