The Lying Truths of Psychiatry
Of all the lying truths popular today, one of the most important is surely the mendacity inherent in the term “mental illness.” In addi
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Medicine and the Crimination of Sin: “Self-abuse” in 19th Century America
Volume 1, Number 3 (1977)
What this essay will attempt to show is that while, during the 19th century, the prohibition of sexual immoralit
Re-Reading Thomson: Thomson’s Unanswered Challenge
Judith Jarvis Thomson’s “A Defense of Abortion” (1971) was first published more than 30 years ago.
Human Autonomy and the Natural Right to Be Free
In this paper, Christopher W. Morris attempts to defend the natural right of freedom from the premise of human autonomy.
Review of Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around, by John Goodman, et al., and Miracle Cure: How to Solve America’s Health Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn’t the Answer, by Sally Pipes
The return of true free-market health care institutions will never be through the incrementalism of small tax changes and medical-savings accounts that Goodman et al., and Pipes envision.
Economics, Politics, and the Coming Collapse of the Elderly Welfare State
In this article James Rolph Edwards discusses the United States economic system and social security.
Volume 17, Number 1 (2003)
The Early Development of Medical Licensing Laws in the United States 1875-1900
The condition of the American medical profession at the close of the Civil War was, in almost every particular, significantly different from that w
The Drudge Report and other media outlets ha
Issues in the Economics of Medical Care
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 25 July 2014.
