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The problems are getting more intense. A new report shows that the whole program is unraveling very quickly. If some dramatic reform is not passed soon, premiums will continue to rise, options will dwindle, and access to health care will effectively shrink and dramatically so. This whole program is a massive failure. 

You’re going along, living your life, buried under blankets in your winter nest, until suddenly you realize: summer is coming. Like, next week. After strategic internet research for inspiration, your mental state switches from chestnuts roasting on an open fire to marshmallows toasting in the embers under the stars (and then catching on fire). You are ready to prepare for summer.

25 years of economic reform in India has transformed it from low-income to a middle-income country, but to become a high-income country, India needs a lot of reforms that don't seem to be happening yet. 

Even Hollywood understands that when it comes to social change, markets work better than government force. 

In his video entitled, Nick Offerman's 'The Offerman Distillery', the actor attempts to open his own distillery but soon learns that the government requires an occupational permit in order to do so. Confused and irritated that opening a distillery is such a monstrous bureaucratic feat, Offerman highlights one of the most frustrating forms of government red tape, preventing otherwise productive individuals from earning an honest living.

There’s an election next month in the United Kingdom, and it is widely expected that the Conservative Party, led by Theresa May, will win an overwhelming victory. But what difference will it make? 

Markets are great at solving the problems of allocating resources for useful things like bread, cars, and iPhones. But can the forces of supply and demand address the dynamic problem of invasive species?

When attempting to pinpoint what exactly a customer is, the main defining characteristic lies in recognizing whether or not the individual in question has the right to say, "No thanks, I'll be shopping elsewhere."
When a consumer buys a plane ticket through a private airline, they, unfortunately, do not have the luxury of also choosing to utilize a private security firm in the airport prior to boarding their aircraft.

In 2015, the Federal Communications Commission passed a set of Internet privacy and net neutrality rules. The rules were then eliminated by Congress two months ago before they ever went into effect. Net neutrality ideologues are lamenting this new action, saying access to the Internet is a right and should be treated as a public utility. But what would that mean?