By Derek Hosford, American Consumer Institute While the Biden administration announced its plan to deliver high-speed internet access to every American in March, auctions for mid-band spectrum broke spending records, showing that mid-band needs to play a critical role in that effort. Spectrum refers to the invisible radio frequencies that […]
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Sunlight Is The Cure For High Drug Prices
By Dr. Marion Mass Congress is considering legislation to rein in runaway drug prices. But any new law would be just political theater unless it shines a light on how pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs) manipulate drug pricing. We soothe ourselves with slogans about America’s free-market health care. The reality is very different. […]
Professional success: Strengthen your strengths or work on your weaknesses?
By Dr. Rainer Zitelmann Books on professional success often say that it is more important to strengthen your strengths rather than focusing on improving your weaknesses. On the one hand, they’re right, on the other, this doesn’t go far enough. It sounds logical – and it is: You shouldn’t waste your time trying […]
Get Ready: True Market Forces Will Soon Be Unleashed in Healthcare
By Mark Galvin In a matter of months, our healthcare system and the overall patient experience will change dramatically for the better. And most Americans don’t even realize it. After decades of attempts to transform the healthcare system into a true market—one in which forces like competition between providers based on quality and pricing can […]
Market Forces Will Soon Be Unleashed in Healthcare
By Mark Galvin In a matter of months, our healthcare system and the overall patient experience will change dramatically for the better. And most Americans don’t even realize it. After decades of attempts to transform the healthcare system into a true market—one in which forces like competition between providers based on quality and pricing can […]
Adapting to a Hybrid Workplace Future
Note: This article was written by Daniel Freedman, CEO of Burnalong and published in RealClearMarkets. COVID-19 made remote work the new normal, giving employees more flexibility to live and work from anywhere. But with pandemic restrictions lifting, many companies now face a challenge: how do they keep the increased productivity and other benefits of […]
RealClearMarkets – How To Best Adapt To a Hybrid Workplace Future
Note: This article was written by Daniel Freedman, CEO of Burnalong and published in RealClearMarkets on May 12, 2021. COVID-19 made remote work the new normal, giving employees more flexibility to live and work from anywhere. But with pandemic restrictions lifting, many companies now face a challenge: how do they keep the increased productivity and […]
Will the United Kingdom Survive the United Kingdom Internal Market Act?
By Professor Stephen Weatherwill The EU has an ‘internal market’. So do Canada, Australia, the United States and Germany. And now, with the enactment of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, the United Kingdom has one too. The Act was drafted, debated and adopted with blistering speed during 2020, from a […]
Who Lives in Rural Areas?
By Randal O’Toole, Cato Institute One of the provisions of President Biden’s American Jobs Plan is to spend $100 billion bringing broadband internet services to “more than 30 million Americans” who live in rural “areas where there is no broadband infrastructure that provides minimally acceptable speeds.” That’s $3,333 per person or about $8,800 […]
In Defense of the Freelancer
By Bill Wirtz The European Commission is setting itself up for creating new legislation regarding freelance work. In many European countries, services such as Uber, Bolt, or Deliveroo are coming under fire because they practice working with freelancers. For instance, the Uber app matches passengers with self-employed drivers.. The driver gets the fare […]