- Does the Constitution guarantee a right to take drugs?
- How did this become a crime? McKinsey allegedly tried to help Purdue tailor its sales efforts to doctors who already prescribed oral opioid drugs.
- Yglesias: Americans have been gaining weight for as far back as we have records.
- More from Yglesias: The human animal … evolved to overeat a modest amount whenever food is widely available in order to hedge against starvation risk in the future.
- New Alzheimer’s treatments are bogged down by Medicare’s bureaucracy. (Chicago Tribune)
Category: Health Economics & Costs
The Perfect Study to Ponder on Juneteenth
Economists Richard Hornbeck (University of Chicago) and Trevon Logan (Ohio State University) “One Giant Leap: Emancipation and Aggregate Economic Gains.”
We calculate that emancipation generated economic gains that exceed estimated costs of the Civil War …. Economic gains from emancipation are comparable to those from the largest increases in aggregate productivity in American history….
Is it a Problem that Pharmacies Are Going Out of Business? Yes, but Not Why You Think
Growing up in a small town we filled our prescriptions at Emery’s Drug. It was the quintessential small-town drugstore, with a soda fountain and barstools on one side with gifts, cards, candy and sundry items on the other. The pharmacy counter was at the back of the store. Emery’s Drug closed down nearly 30 years ago, although if you travel back to my hometown the faded sign is still there. The pharmacy industry is facing headwinds and Fortunate magazine explains why.
Wednesday Links
- Results of polygenic screening: There are simply no more people with Down’s to be seen on the streets of Iceland and Denmark.
- Surgeon General Vivek Murthy calls for a warning label on social media platforms.
- Kansas sues Pfizer for marketing its Covid-19 vaccine as “safe” even though it “knew” the vaccine was connected to “serious adverse events.”
- “Cost-disease socialism” occurs when you respond to the high cost of something by subsidizing it, but then attach strings that limit the supply and drive costs up further.
- John Tierney explains the “March of Dimes Syndrome.”
- The case for marriage.