This Cinco de Mayo I’m going to use my blog to briefly speak against the one of the great injustices the world inflicts upon its people. Mexico,… Read more “The Semantics of Drug Prohibition”
Tag: Markets
Entropy and Economics: Agglomeration
In the course of this series, we laid out the foundations of — and rationale for — adapting and applying the concepts of entropy to economic analysis.… Read more “Entropy and Economics: Agglomeration”
Sprawling Out
In this post, I’m going to sketch out some ideas about suburban sprawl, and then hopefully flesh them out in subsequent blog posts. I don’t really have… Read more “Sprawling Out”
The Art of “Failing Faster”
I receive regular e-mails from a few employment websites, but by far my favorite is Jobing.com, which is local to the Denver metro area. I usually spend… Read more “The Art of “Failing Faster””
Insider Trading?
Running around the news has been the recent spikes in InTrade odds of the health care “reform” bill passing. See the chart below. Now comes news that… Read more “Insider Trading?”
Making Markets…Be Markets?
I very much respect Mike Konczal, and regularly read his blog for very insightful analysis about how we can make the mechanics of finance work more effectively.… Read more “Making Markets…Be Markets?”
Markets in Everything
Due to the sliding value of the pound sterling, British pharmacies are finding the export market for certain drugs more profitable than the price-controlled domestic market: A… Read more “Markets in Everything”
Social Technologies: Organizational Capital in Health Care
Much of what I believe to be the problem in health care is centered around the social technologies (STs) that have arisen in the delivery and payment… Read more “Social Technologies: Organizational Capital in Health Care”
The Way of the World
Something I have been thinking about is the effect of assuming that every state in the United States was its own country on health care. The equilibrium… Read more “The Way of the World”
Assorted Links
Maggie Mahar (assumingly) doesn’t like markets, and especially in medicine. The problem is, she seems to be confused as to what a “marketplace” is: In 1977, Maryland… Read more “Assorted Links”