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Too much government makes us sick
Many of our nation’s health problems are linked to practices subsidized by taxpayers.Patients and doctors: Partners, not adversaries
In the midst of ongoing debate over the scope and desirability of various health care reform proposals, an obvious and critical component of cost management is going unnoticed: malpractice litigation.Imagine you are a doctor
Now imagine how you would feel if the rest of us got together and proposed that the government should become the primary client for medical services. As part of the deal, the government will determine how much you will be paid.The new mortgage fraud: Kick ’em when they’re down
In the real estate market as in any other, moral failure has negative economic consequences.Corruption, Communism, and Catholicism in Vietnam
If we ever needed proof that Communist regimes don’t change their stripes, one need only look at the little-reported but growing confrontation between the Catholic Church in Vietnam and Vietnam’s Communist authorities.The not-so-Green pope
Pope Benedict does not make the mistake of romanticizing nature, which can, after all, be very cruel. Nor is he afraid to underline the dark, anti-human side to much Green ideology.Healthcare, democracy, and freedom
Just as in 1993, the issue of government healthcare has risen to the top of the public agenda, taking attention away from war in the middle east. While the iconic “Harry and Louise” have switched sides, the fundamental issues remain the same. Healthcare provides a giant chunk of our national economic activity. Though government is significantly involved through Medicare (now facing future insolvency) and Medicaid, the question is whether the government’s control over healthcare, either direct or indirect, should become even more extensive.Tax man aims to take a bigger bite out of junk food junkies
Rather than punishing people, especially the poorest among us, for eating as they please, we need to restore a sense of responsibility to individuals for their own health decisions.The problem with 'business ethics'
Amidst the ongoing recriminations concerning responsibility for the 2008 financial crisis, business leaders continue to be listed among the guilty. Of course any objective analysis of the financial crisis soon indicates that politicians and central bankers were just as, if not more responsible for facilitating the financial perfect storm.Walking away when you can pay
Some of the promises our government has made in the last few months about “helping people keep their homes” may actually worsen the housing crisis.The Pope, the rabbi, and the moral economy
What the pope and the rabbi question are those who limit morality to politically correct causes and the associated refusal of many working in our economies to acknowledge, in the rabbi’s words, that “[w]ithout a shared moral code there can be no free society.”Caritas in Veritate: Why truth matters
Relativists beware. Whether you like it or not, truth matters – even in the economy. That’s the core message of Pope Benedict XVI’s new social encyclical Caritas in Veritate.