Utah Health Exchange is now “Avenue H” — But Why?
Yesterday, the Utah Health Exchange announced that it is now branding itself as “Avenue H.” Its current website, exchange.utah.gov, is becoming avenueh.com. But why? A Salt Lake Tribune article on the metamorphosis...
Free-Market Healthcare Solutions Are Already in Place
When I first read this story of a volunteer medical/dental clinic in St. George, I was not as awestruck as others might be. A community of volunteer professional healthcare providers coming together to serve those in need is...
An Alternative to Financing Public Works: A Case for Privatization
For the last five years the U.S. economy has been in the dumps. Yields on savings and CDs have plummeted. Corresponding borrowing rates have been attractive for households, and, apparently, states and municipalities as well....
Utah’s UTOPIA: Necessary Infrastructure or an Illegitimate Pseudo-Market?
A showdown in Orem earlier this week highlighted some of the (significant) problems faced by the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency, commonly known as UTOPIA. It also puts on open display the rampant violation of...
The Tyranny of the Local Majority
Residents in Highland, Utah wish to force property owners in that city to close their businesses on Sunday and are gathering signatures on a petition to put the issue on November’s ballot. Put differently, residents in that...
Business Licensure: A Protectionist’s Dream
Should businesses be required to obtain a permission slip from the government before offering their goods and services to other consenting adults? Should a hair braider, for example, be required to attend a cosmetology school for...
Believing in Liberty
Many believe in theoretical liberty but aren’t ready to see it in practice. There is a long tradition of liberty in this country. It was a desire for greater liberty that moved early revolutionaries to challenge the greatest...