The 'Economist' and American health care

samizdata.net by Paul Marks | Jul. 1, 2009 (Review)

(Blog Post) This is a standard Economist trick - propose some form of statism and defend it by saying even we, the free market ones (the European meaning of "economically liberal"), are in favour of this statism. Of course the Economist never actually produces any evidence that it is pro-free market - but it is at trick it has been using since Walter Bagehot (the second editor, the first editor actually was a free market man) so I suppose it is a lie hollowed by history. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: Health Care
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Posted by: Posted by Joey Baker - Jul 1, 2009 - 5:37 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Joey Baker (review), Kenneth L Salzman, PhD (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Edited by: Joey Baker - Jul 1, 2009 - 5:37 PM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 1, 2009

Anybody calling The Economist, Time, and NewsWeek liberal is clearly delusional.

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Kenneth L Salzman, PhD
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 by Kenneth L Salzman, PhD - Mar. 8, 2011

This is not a story, it is a rant, and not a very well worked out (or spelled) one at that. The author has an admitted bias and that is pretty much all that is in evidence in the piece.

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Joey Baker
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 by Joey Baker - Jul. 1, 2009

Scathing review by an independent blogger of mainstream media. There's no links, but there are article citations. Good critique, but needs to show research.

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