All Posts Tagged With: "public-private partnerships"
Ask Not For Whom the Drug Tolls
“Fifty years ago, it made sense to assert that mental illnesses are not diseases, but it makes no sense to say so today. Debate about what counts as mental illness has been replaced by legislation about the medicalization and demedicalization of behavior. Old diseases such as homosexuality and hysteria disappear. New diseases such as gambling [...]
22Dec2010 | Wendy McElroy | 13 comments | ContinuedDowntown Revitalization: City Governments Versus Consumers
What a thrill to visit cities that have “revitalized” their downtown areas! From the empty streets to the government offices to the abandoned retail spaces—what’s not to like? Well, everything, of course. Not only are such areas unsightly and useless, they often come at the expense of millions of taxpayer dollars and eminent-domain coercion. There’s [...]
1Apr2008 | Jacob H. Huebert | 3 comments | ContinuedWelfare for the Rich
Advocates of the free market—including those considered “right-wing” and “conservative”—believe it is wrong to violate property rights. Consequently, they oppose egalitarian measures to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Such “income redistribution” represents naked theft and epitomizes the Founding Fathers’ fears of unfettered democracy. At the same time, champions of laissez faire [...]
1Apr2007 | Robert P. Murphy | 10 comments | ContinuedExtortion in Port Chester
The least appreciated form of tyranny in the United States goes by the names “redevelopment” and “government-business partnership.” While everyone knows about the threat of development-oriented eminent domain, thanks to the 2005 Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New London, local tyranny goes much deeper than the “mere” taking of property in order to give [...]
1Mar2007 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Awesome Powers of Government
Government possesses far more mechanisms that influence actions in the private sector than most people realize. The typical business firm faces an impressive array of government powers. Government as Paymaster. The oldest policy tool available to government is to hire people and put them on its payroll. Government employees represent such diverse professions as teachers, [...]
1Mar2004 | Murray Weidenbaum | 79 comments | ContinuedBlame Congress for HMOs
Twila Brase, R.N., P.H.N., is president of the Citizens’ Council on Health Care in St. Paul, Minnesota (www.cchc-mn.org). Only 27 years ago, congressional Republicans and Democrats agreed that American patients should gently but firmly be forced into managed care. That patients do not know this fact is evidenced by public outrage directed at health maintenance [...]
1Feb2001 | Twila Brase | 3 comments | Continued-
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