http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com Christianity and Economics Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:19:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2010/03/19/economists-on-health-financing-reform/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2010/03/19/economists-on-health-financing-reform/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:11:38 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=1284
According to today’s Wall Street Journal Real Time Economics blog, economists are of two minds on the health financing reform bill now before Congress. President Obama produced a letter that claimed the reform measures will slow the growth of health care spending. Among the signatories of this letter are Alan Blinder, Kenneth Arrow, and Eric Maskin, a [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2010/03/19/economists-on-health-financing-reform/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/08/12/healthy-caring-about-health-care/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/08/12/healthy-caring-about-health-care/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:22:50 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=1157
John Mueller’s book on capitalism and democracy (and Ralph’s pretty good grocery) claims that the essence of democracy is found not so much in the things usually mentioned, like written constitutions or elections, but in the necessarily habitual responsiveness on the part of the government to its people. I think of positive and negative examples of where this understanding of the essence [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/08/12/healthy-caring-about-health-care/feed/ 1