Stephan Kinsella has a great recap of the Mises recent podcast, “I was listening to the Mises Podcast and came across Rothbard’s wonderful 1972 lecture Scarcity and Choice. Around 34:09 to about 38:00 he discusses why specialization and the division of labor is useful, indeed essential, for civilization and human life and prosperity. He criticizes [...]

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley issued the following statement today regarding the anti-bullying legislation released by the Joint Committee on Education yesterday: “While bullying has been a pervasive problem in our communities for years, 21st century technologies have only magnified the problem, allowing children to bully and harass one another with the mere click of [...]

(1) Phantom Billing: The medical provider bills Medicare for unnecessary procedures, or procedures that are never performed; for unnecessary medical tests or tests never performed; for unnecessary equipment; or equipment that is billed as new but is, in fact, used. (2) Patient Billing: A patient who is in on the scam provides his or her [...]