This is a supplement to accompany the principles of microeconomics course. Current issues on public policy are discussed by two leading economists. New topics include health care, welfare, and the transitions taking place in the former Soviet Union.

Economics of Public Policy

Dolan, Edwin G.

Goodman, John C.

Business & Money

South-Western Pub.

This is a supplement to accompany the principles of microeconomics course. Current issues on public policy are discussed by two leading economists. New topics include health care, welfare, and the transitions taking place in the former Soviet Union.

Economics of public policy: The micro view

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

West Pub. Co.

Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World

Virtually everyone agrees that our health care system needs reform. But what kind of reform? Some want a return to the system that prevailed in the 1950s. Others would like to see the adaptation of the government-run systems prevalent in other countries. The latter, national health insurance or single-payer health insurance, appears to be gaining ground in the United States. Before Americans find themselves participating in a health care system that has failed in every country it was adopted, we should be asking ourselves whether such a system is effective and efficient. In Lives at Risk, the authors examine the critical failures of national health insurance systems without focusing on minor blemishes or easily correctable problems. In doing so, the purpose is to identify the problems common to all countries with national health insurance and to explain why these problems emerge. Most national health care systems are in a state of sustained internal crisis as costs rise and the stated goals of universal access and quality care are not met. In almost all cases, the reason is the same: the politics of medicine. The problems of government-run health care systems flow inexorably from the fact that they are government-run rather than market driven.

Musgrave, Gerald L.

Herrick, Devon M.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Virtually everyone agrees that our health care system needs reform. But what kind of reform Some want a return to the system that prevailed in the 1950s. Others would like to see the adaptation of the government-run systems prevalent in other countries. The latter, national health insurance or single-payer health insurance, appears to be gaining ground in the United States. Before Americans find themselves participating in a health care system that has failed in every country it was adopted, we should be asking ourselves whether such a system is effective and efficient. In Lives at Risk, the authors examine the critical failures of national health insurance systems without focusing on minor blemishes or easily correctable problems. In doing so, the purpose is to identify the problems common to all countries with national health insurance and to explain why these problems emerge. Most national health care systems are in a state of sustained internal crisis as costs rise and the stated goals of universal access and quality care are not met. In almost all cases, the reason is the same: the politics of medicine. The problems of government-run health care systems flow inexorably from the fact that they are government-run rather than market driven.

Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws

Paternalistic federal laws and regulations thwart initiatives to grant women the same economic liberties as men. Why have federal institutions overseeing employment, employee benefits, childcare, taxation, health care, education, retirement, and social security adopted such a warped and antiquated perspective of traditional family life? And what can be done about it? Leaving Women Behind answers these important and provocative questions. The authors call upon the federal government to get out of the way of marketplace initiatives. Employers and employees across the country are perfectly capable of making mutually beneficial adjustments if the government simply unties their hands. They offer realistic solutions; solutions that involve empowering people, giving them more choices, and making government less intrusive. Published in cooperation with The Manhattan Institute and The National Center for Policy Analysis.

Colgan, Celeste

Strassel, Kimberley A.

Hutchison, Se n. Kay Bailey

Social Sciences

Book by Goodman, John C., Dolan, Edwin G.

Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis

Argues for a health care system that would restore power and responsibility to the individual consumer and taking it out of the hands of government and insurance companies

Medical Books

Administration & Medicine Economics

Cato Inst

A popular explanation of how tax-free medical savings accounts would work. Strippable.

Economics

Cato Institute

This book explains the National Health Service in Great Britain, and compares it to the health system in the US.

National Health Care in Great Britain

Fisher Inst

National Health Care in Great Britain: Lessons for the U. S. A.

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Books by Goodman, John C.

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Economics of Public Policy

Economics of public policy: The micro view

Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World

Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World

Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws

Economics of public policy: The micro view

Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis

Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis

National Health Care in Great Britain

National Health Care in Great Britain: Lessons for the U. S. A.