The road to hell is paved with good intentions, says an old adage. Unfortunately, the saying has come to haunt India’s fight against the COVID virus. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)...
Akash Kumar
Akash Kumar is a senior year Development Studies major at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He also leads academic programs for the South Asia Students for Liberty. He is deeply passionate about contextualizing the liberty movement to suit the realities of South Asia and has a career interest in entrepreneurship and public policy.
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Many argue that unregulated markets would fail due to lack of consumer knowledge, or information asymmetry. But competition in free markets actually gives rise to all kinds of mechanisms that help consumers make informed decisions. This is as true of medical tests for any other good.
