This paper explores the consequences of the oft ignored fact that public health insurance must actually be supplied by the state. Depending how the state is modeled, different health insurance outcomes are expected. The benevolent model of the state does not account for many actual features of...

As public debt problems deepen at all levels of American government, private groups like the Appalachian Mountain Club will become increasingly important in addressing supposed market failures. The AMC is a private organization that raises funds to protect wilderness areas and develops them for...