Jeanne Lewis has long been engaged in civic, philanthropic, and public policy circles alongside her late husband, George Lewis, a respected leader in the Dallas homebuilding industry and founder of George Lewis Custom Homes. Known for her intellectual curiosity and thoughtful perspective, she enjoys staying informed on current events and public affairs.
Dr. David Galardi is a private investor and venture capitalist with more than 30 years of leadership experience in healthcare management, pharmaceutical services, and health policy innovation. He is a devoted husband and father of six children, including a West Point cadet, and remains committed to advancing innovation and excellence in healthcare and business.
In their latest report, the Social Security Trustees tell us that the program has an unfunded liability of $29.3 trillion. But back on page 231 of the latest report (where they hope no one will see it?) we learn that the real deficit is $71.9 trillion, more than two times the size of our GDP. Professor Laurence Kotlikoff explains the deception in a recent post. More.
By all accounts, climate change alarmists are on the defensive—politically, scientifically, I would even say morally (see Bill Gates’s comment). We could leave it at that. But there may be hope for a truce in this conflict—and if so, capitalism can take the credit.
This op ed is based on a longer publication here on our web site. The federal government is offering the states $50 billion over the next five years, and it’s up to the states to propose ways of spending the money. John Goodman has a number of proposals, including use of drones, greater use of telemedicine along with free market pricing, direct primary care, and deregulation of the hospital sector, health insurance and medical practice law.
As Congress revisits health reform, much of the debate overlooks the structural issues driving high premiums and limited choice. This virtual policy discussion brings together leading health policy experts to examine market-based reforms that could meaningfully lower costs and improve access—without expanding bureaucracy. View the virtual Health Policy Event hosted by the Goodman Institute and the Market Institute on Youtube.
The Congressional Budget Office is now estimating that 10.9 million people will lose health insurance coverage because of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In all the press coverage and editorializing about these changes two facts are being ignored: (1) people who lose their coverage are almost certain to be healthy, and not in need of medical care, and (2) if people who drop their coverage get sick, they can easily re-enroll and get Medicaid to pay their medical bills retrospectively. More.
My academic adventure evolved into a struggle to understand why “change over time” (that’s how historians define history) occurs as it does. That is one of the reasons I created this blog: I was looking for a theory of history.
To some extent I have come up with one.
The Democratic Party is having an identity crisis. John Goodman’s theory: The crisis arises because the way most Democrats talk about and think about their party is completely different from how the party actually functions. In a democracy politicians have an incentive to take from Peter and give to Paul whenever the Pauls can deliver more political support than the Peters. Of course, this is true for Republicans as well. But for Democrats that is their raison d’être. More
The Declaration of Independence was made possible because of two changes: A change in the way people thought and a change in the way they earned a living. With the Enlightenment came the idea that individuals are independent moral entities who should deal with each other on the basis of reason, persuasion and voluntary exchange. With the emergence of a market economy, the way individuals could do the most good for the most other people is by pursuing their own self-interest in the marketplace. More