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Friday Links

Posted on July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Milei in Argentina is proving that free market economics works.
  • Married Americans have more life satisfaction than singles.
  • Crime rates are falling.
  • Renewable energy explained.
  • Sad news: Greater economic literacy among general survey respondents does not result in thinking like an economist on policy.
  • Do Democrats really care about health care fraud?
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Medicare to Finally Go After Waste, Fraud and Abuse

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Devon Herrick

Medicare has a long way to go, but perhaps the agency is moving in the right direction.

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Thursday Links

Posted on July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 by John C. Goodman
  • Six traits make a person cool: extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous.
  • OBBBA Medicaid cuts will hit some states harder than others: California and New York would each face losses exceeding $100 billion.
  • Cost of an Obamacare exchange bronze plan: Premium pus deductible = $11,758. And that’s every year.
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Wednesday Links

Posted on July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 by John C. Goodman

Even when the estate tax rate was as high as 80%, it didn’t raise any money!

How public health discredited itself. (Recommended) 

“Their response to the coronavirus pandemic was the worst debacle in the history of their profession, and arguably the costliest federal-policy blunder ever made in peacetime.”

The last American duel: In California on September 13, 1859.

“A caravan of spectators rode out in carriages to the lake to watch the ritual unfold.”

Work requirements for welfare under Bill Clinton made low-income families better off.

Cato on Biden’s IRA bill: the act will cost between $936 billion and $1.97 trillion over the next 10 years, and between $2.04 trillion and $4.67 trillion by 2050.

Over the past decade, the number of workers over the age of 65 has increased by 33%. 

“If you’re eligible to cash a social security check, you’re part of the fastest-growing age cohort in the American workforce.” 

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