Archive for David R. Henderson

David Henderson is a research fellow with the Hoover Institution and an economics professor at the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He is editor of The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (Liberty Fund) and blogs at econlib.org.

Property Rights in the Family and Beyond

In 1991, when I was putting together The Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics, an economist friend sent me a story from the Sesame Street Parent’s Guide. I liked it so much that I had my research assistant, Janet Beales, write a shortened version for the Encyclopedia. We titled it Property Rights for Sesame Street. Here’s the [...]

1Feb1997 | | 0 comments | Continued

Employer Mandates: A Threat to Employees

Most people who want to force employers to pay for their employees’ health insurance have so far ducked the facts about who pays for “employer” mandates. They’ve had good reason to duck them, because the facts are clear. Economic analysis and economists across the political spectrum who have studied the issue are unanimous that the [...]

1Jan1995 | | 1 comment | Continued

Capitalism: An Olympic Winner

David R. Henderson is a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution in Stanford, California. He was formerly a senior economist with President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers. The sports pages tell us that America lost the Winter Olympics. In a literal sense, that’s true. But to the extent that an economic system proves itself [...]

1Jul1992 | | 0 comments | Continued
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