Antony Sammeroff

Antony Sammeroff co-hosts the Scottish Liberty Podcast and has featured prominently on other libertarian themed shows including The Tom Woods Show, Lions of Liberty, School Sucks Podcast, and many more. His book Universal Basic Income — For and Against (with a foreword by Robert P. Murphy) is available in paperback and on Amazon Kindle. His previous self-help book Procrastination Annihilation is free to download from BeYourselfAndLoveIt.com. Antony blogs on economic issues at SeeingNotSeen.Blogspot.com and his articles have also been published by the Scottish Libertarian Party, the Cobden Centre, The Backbencher, The Rational Rise, and ActualAnarchy.com.

Articles

The Government Throws Money at Heart Disease, but Prevention Is Better than Cure

01/14/2023 Mises Wire Antony Sammeroff

You’re more likely to die of heart disease than anything else, partly because, well, if nothing else gets you, your heart will give out. And a heart attack could cost you upwards of $760,000 these...

Brave New World Still Resonates with the Modern Reader

12/30/2022 Power & Market Antony Sammeroff

I’m rereading Brave New World as we’re kind of living in it. I loved it at school more and preferred it over 1984 because the characters were better developed, and the plot development more skillful...

The FDA and the Courts Fail to Truly Discipline the Pharmaceutical Industry for Exploiting the Mentally Ill

01/07/2023 Mises Wire Antony Sammeroff

Can you imagine giving people who are already suffering from mental illness a drug that you know will make them worse? Sounds like something out of a sadistic horror movie. Long-term mental illness...

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Media

The Government Throws Money at Heart Disease, but Prevention Is Better than Cure

02/16/2023 Antony Sammeroff

Americans spend billions of dollars on treating heart disease. Prevention is cheaper, but thanks to perverse government incentives, preventing heart disease takes a backseat to medical spending.

The FDA and the Courts Fail to Truly Discipline the Pharmaceutical Industry for Exploiting the Mentally Ill

01/19/2023 Antony Sammeroff

Does the regulatory system help guarantee safe and effective drugs? Does the system protect drug consumers? Court cases tell us otherwise.

Spending More Government Money on Healthcare Does Not Improve Health Outcomes

12/16/2022 Antony Sammeroff

Progressives seem to believe that we improve healthcare outcomes by spending more. This is a recipe for failure.

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