Bob Murphy has co-written far and away the best book on health care from a libertarian perspective. But it’s not just economics and policy in here, great and original as that material is. It’s also chapters like “Surviving the Hospital” and “Medical Screening & Elective Procedures: Worth the Risk?” One of my favorite episodes so far.
About the Guest
Robert P. Murphy, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from New York University, is a Research Assistant Professor with the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University. He is the author of numerous books, including Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action (Independent Institute, 2015), as well as study guides to Ludwig von Mises’ Human Action (study guide here) and The Theory of Money and Credit (study guide here), and Murray Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State (study guide here).
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Book Discussed
The Primal Prescription: Surviving the “Sick Care” Sinkhole, by Doug McGuff, MD and Robert P. Murphy, PhD
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Lessons for the Young Economist (free textbook; click here for a free teacher’s manual)
Chaos Theory (available free)
Understanding Bitcoin (with Silas Barta; available free)
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism (also available as an audiobook)
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal (also available as an audiobook)
Episode Mentioned
Ep. 266 Get Healthy (Mark Sisson)
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Related Episodes
Ep. 481 How Capitalism Can Fix Health Care (Josh Umbehr)
Ep. 254 What’s Wrong With Health Care (Colin Gunn)
Ep. 193 Affordable Healthcare in the Age of Obamacare (Sean Parnell)
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