Another politically important form of affection is identification with a leader. This is what [David] Hume calls “imaginary interest,” whereby individuals attach themselves psychologically to a leader whom they will never meet and from whom they can expect no material...
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Rothbard Rules
The market is in the tank the day after the so-called “election.” Well…not for everyone. HCA, Bill Frist’s hospital company, is up almost 10%! No wonder he stated that had he still been in the senate he would have voted for the Unaffordable...
“If I Point a Gun at my Doctor, Will He Still Care?”
Many of you reading this are dejected and frustrated by the “election” results last night. For those reading this that believe this election represents a disaster for health care in the U.S. and for the physicians who practice medicine, in particular, I have what I...
John and Alieta Eck vs. a Kool-Aide Drinker
Dr. Kohar Jones (no relation to Reverend Jim Jones, but an Obamacare Kool-Aide drinker nonetheless) wrote this editorial for the Chicago Sun-Times. Dr. Jones is an employee of the University of Chicago and director of community health and service learning. I know....
Bastiat: “Proto-Austrian”
The Mises Institute passed on this Bastiat classic today. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
Another New Friend: Samaritan Ministries
Samaritan Ministries operates a non-insurance operation for the payment of medical bills. Intrigued by our low and transparent pricing, they contacted me for an extensive interview, then wrote this piece. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants. Albert Camus (via laliberty, laliberty) More great stuff from laliberty.
“But You Don’t Have My Permission!”
If I were ever going to put a conference together to help physicians understand the applicability of free market ideas to health care delivery (I have no plans to do this but doing this has been suggested to me many times now) I would hope that Dr. John G. Harold,...
Disaster Opportunists
An apostle of what’s commonly called the “Austrian” school of economics (I think it was Jim Ostrowski) said that (quotes are mine) ”jobs are a means to produce consumer goods, not an end in themselves.” An illustration. Presented the...
A robber who justified his theft by saying that he really helped his victims, by his spending giving a boost to retail trade, would find few converts; but when this theory is clothed in Keynesian equations and impressive references to the “multiplier effect,” it...
Oklahoma’s Top Surgeons & Anesthesiologists
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.
- Anesthesiology
- Ear, Nose and Throat (Otolaryngology)
- Foot and Ankle
- General Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery
- Orthopedics
- Reconstructive Plastics
- Urology