A federal appellate court in Atlanta has ruled (in a split decision) that the individual mandate in the health care law is unconstitutional. Seems the majority believes that the interstate commerce clause doesn’t apply. So what happens If the Supreme Court—where the case is surely heading—agrees with Atlanta? …
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By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Affordable Care Act, Ezra Klein, individual mandate, interstate commerce clause | Category: Health Care Reform, Quick Takes |
 Leave a commentWith the rise of the Tea Party, libertarianism is gaining new respect in Washington. Trouble is, folks don’t agree on how much influence libertarians have really gained. (Is Michele Bachmann really the heir to the ideas of Friedrich Hayek and Murray Rothbard?) More particularly, whether libertarianism should be held accountable … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Ezra Klein, Friedrich Hayek, libertarianism, Michele Bachmann, Murray Rothbard, Ross Douthat | Category: Political Economy, Quick Takes |
One commentWhile the fate of the pending requirement that all Americans buy (or if they can’t pay, receive) health insurance under the new federal law is in doubt (see the post below), nobody’s challenging the states’ authority to mandate coverage. And Massachusetts, the first to impose such a mandate (thanks to … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Ezra Klein, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney | Category: Health Care Reform, Quick Takes |
Leave a commentIn the endless run-up to health care reform legislation, two journalists’ commentaries stood out: Ezra Klein’s in The Washington Post and Jonathan Cohn’s in The New Republic. Cohn is now posting a five-part series on the TNR website that offers a blow-by-blow insider’s take on what happened and … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Ezra Klein, Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic, Washington Post | Category: Health Care Reform, Quick Takes |
Leave a commentThanks to Ezra Klein of the Washington Post for the timely resurrection of this admirably clear, jargon-minimal primer on financial derivative regulation [Download Here], written last year by Congressional Research Service analyst Rena Miller. In particular, Miller outlines the costs (as … |
Professor Dieter Helm (Oxford) is a very fine fly fisherman, and an even better economist. If you haven’t done so, take a look at his new book “The Carbon Crunch: How We Are Getting Climate Change Wrong — and How to Fix It” for a bit of unconventional wisdom. He argues that politicians and the general public have not shown any real interest in addressing climate change. Helm argues that places like Europe should focus on setting a price for carbon that would cover consumption (and not just production), and that fracking could be a good “bridge” technology for reducing consumption of coal. The book is readable and insightful for those interested in the inside track on climate policy. 
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