Isaac Deak

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How the Government Created Exorbitant Insulin Prices

11/07/2024 Mises Wire Isaac Deak

The high price of insulin is increasingly present in American political discourse as presidential candidates boast of interventions; whereas, the Federal Trade Commission, states, and even counties...

Quarantine in a Stateless Society

04/23/2020 Power & Market Isaac Deak

With the spread of the coronavirus, leaders across the United States are dipping into their governing toolboxes—treasure troves of both so-called legitimate and usurped power—in order to attempt to...

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How the Government Created Exorbitant Insulin Prices

12/09/2024 Isaac Deak

Progressives blame the free market for insulin prices and want to impose price controls. But, government regulation is to blame.

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