Health

Laurence Vance has observed three points about the federal government's mandated handicapped parking spaces, as required for every private business.

Recorded at Mises University 2005.

Libertarians do not favor abortion (pro-choice). Nor are they opposed to it either (pro-life). Rather, libertarianism offers a philosophical compromise, evictionism. When does life begin? A fertilized egg seems the likely beginning.

A condensed version of the documentary “Talking Butts,” Directed by Jesse Walker, Patrick McMenamin and Bretigne Shaffer; Produced by J

Recorded at Mises University 2004.

I’m not on board the anti-Splenda train.

What chain of events led to "free" Americans having less in the way of health choices under some circumstances than "unfree" socialist Europe? Dale Steinreich examines the FDA.

The Rube Goldberg machine: some crazy convoluted way of accomplishing a task that would otherwise be quite simple. A perfect way to describe the Clinton health care plan and emerging Social Security reform.

Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 21, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.

The presence of the medical welfare state has permitted costs that would have fallen upon the families most affected to be imposed on others, writes William Anderson.