Archive for Eric-Charles Banfield
Business–Government Collusion
Mr. Banfield is owner of Banfield Analytical Services in Westmont, Illinois. As an adjunct policy analyst for the Heartland Institute, he has testified before the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, The Illinois General Assembly, and a U.S. Republican Hearing on health-care reform. Back when first cutting my teeth on the concepts of free-market economics, I [...]
1Feb1995 | Eric-Charles Banfield | 10 comments | ContinuedPassing Laws: Is Governing That Simple?
Mr. Banfield is owner of Banfield Analytical Services in Westmont, Illinois, specializing in writing, speaking, and analysis of financial, economic, and public-policy issues. Copyright © 1994 by Banfield Analytical Services. Ask Americans what “governing” means, and you’ll evoke a wide variety of answers. A common response is that governing should mean protecting American liberty and [...]
1Dec1994 | Eric-Charles Banfield | 0 comments | ContinuedOne Information Superhighway: Take It or Leave it?
Mr. Banfield is owner of Banfield Analytical Services in Westmont, Illinois, specializing in writing, speaking, and analysis of financial, economic, and public-policy issues. A key question about the “information superhighway” remains unanswered: Why only one? Americans have been led to expect the information revolution would bring us not one, but possibly hundreds of competing information [...]
1Aug1994 | Eric-Charles Banfield | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Forgotten Consumer
Eric-Charles Banfield is owner of Banfield Analytical Services in Westmont, Ill. Frequently both sides in an argument are wrong. When looking at free trade and free-market issues, both opponents and proponents invariably focus only on the producer side—how many jobs will directly be created or lost—and both sides completely ignore the effect on the consumer [...]
1Mar1993 | Eric-Charles Banfield | 0 comments | ContinuedState Health Insurance Regulations
Eric-Charles Banfield is owner of Banfield Analytical Services in Westmont, Ill., specializing in writing, speaking, and testifying about financial, economic, and public-policy issues. Many government policies, notably .those separating consumers from suppliers, distort the economics of health insurance, and prevent market forces from addressing the problems. Yet regulators considering “reforms” promise to give us only [...]
1Jan1993 | Eric-Charles Banfield | 1 comment | Continued-
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