The Open Market Blog

• By: Doug Bandow
• 08/12/2008

There are trade-offs every where, we all know, including for health care.  How much do you spend to provide how much treatment to which payments? …

• By: Doug Bandow
• 08/08/2008

There are drugs to treat the disease, and they are available in America.  But the National Health Service won’t pay for them.  Writes Jonathan…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 08/05/2008

Explains Peter Pitts of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest: Experimental cures are often the last hope for dying patients in the…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 08/02/2008

It’s terrible.  The Europeans, who routinely claim to be morally superior to the greedy American species, are now yelping about the cost of climate change legislation.  The…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 08/01/2008

One reason trade is said to be a bad thing is because jobs are “outsourced” overseas.  Never mind that more new jobs have been created…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 07/30/2008

I love California, but the fruits and nuts truly have taken control.  The city of Los Angeles has initiated a moratorium on fast food restaurants–but…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 07/28/2008

Remember stories about the horrors of the American medical system?  Operations performed on the wrong leg and such?  Guess what:  it’s also a problem in…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 07/26/2008

The Law of the Sea Treaty just won’t go away.  Ronald Reagan attempted to kill it a quarter century ago.  But it’s still with us. …

• By: Doug Bandow
• 07/26/2008

Do you like Peking Duck?  Well, don’t count on getting it in Europe.  Restaurants are being shut down for failing to meet European Union rules,…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 07/26/2008

No one ever wants to get cancer, but if you do get it, America is the place to get treated.  As Sen. Ted Kennedy doubtless…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 07/25/2008

David Evans, who spent six years working for the Australian government on climate change issues, started out a believer in global warming but finds the case…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 07/22/2008

The Associated Press was shocked to discover that, gasp!, the oil companies actually pay back their investors.  A new AP story is headlined:  “AP…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 07/14/2008

On of the most charming aspects of the European Union is its willingness to prosecute people for the most minor offenses, such as satisfying their…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 07/07/2008

A British hospital says no.  But a suspicious number of foreign liver transplants have been done at one hospital.  Reports the BBC:…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 07/05/2008

It’s long been obvious that you don’t want to get cancer in Great Britain.  (Obviously, you don’t want to get it anywhere, but especially in…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/29/2008

I just criticized the ditzy Europeans for banning the sale of undersize kiwifruit. But now as I go through accumulated emails I come across…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/29/2008

Because you’ll get treatment sooner as a dog!  Reports Macleans magazine: Dr. Danny Joffe is only half joking when he says that if he’d…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/28/2008

The line “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you” has long been a comic favorite. As well it should. The Daily…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/28/2008

The U.S. is still the largest and most productive economy, but the warning signs are there. The latest is that America is losing its lead…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/28/2008

All you have to do is read British publications to see what the mess otherwise called the National Health Service.  Yet the NHS is a…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/27/2008

American politicians are busy talking about how to socialize the U.S. health care system.  But in Canada the father of the nationalized system is prepared…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/27/2008

Airplanes emit greenhouse gases, so airlines–and ultimately passengers–are about to pay for the privilege of flight. Reports the New York Times: The…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/27/2008

You’d better close your trash bin tightly, or else.  At least if you live in England.  Reports the New York Times: But when Gareth…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/22/2008

Travel used to be great.  It was regulated and high-priced, so most people didn’t travel that much.  With regulated prices, airlines competed based on service. …

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/18/2008

Who would have imagined it?  Shrink government, and you get faster economic growth.  Amazing! Reports Keith Marsden in the Wall Street Journal:…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/18/2008

Now what will the environmentlists do?  China’s lead in CO2 emissions keeps growing.  Reports the New York Times: China has clearly overtaken the United…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 06/05/2008

I missed this when it was first published, but it turns out that fat people cause global warming!  Reports Reuters: Obesity contributes to global…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 05/28/2008

What can you say about a health care system that treats animals more quickly than humans?  Reports Macleans: Dr. Danny Joffe is only half…