In many cases, the government's attempts at regulating health care markets are complex, convoluted operations—and seeing the consequences of those…

When Mike Abell's young son was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, a phone call proved to be…

There are more than 100,000 Americans on the waiting lists to receive an organ transplant, and many of them will…

Dr. Jay Singleton remembers the moment when he realized that Certificate of Need laws were serious business. "He stood up…

In a functioning market, entrepreneurs feel encouraged to bring new products and services to consumers—and get rewarded when those efforts…

Why are prescription drugs so expensive in the United States? "Drug prices in this country are so high because there…

What's wrong with American health care? That's the question that drives the new season of Why We Can't Have Nice…

You probably don't think much about tin cans, even when you're buying one. It's the product inside the can—soup, beans,...

The brief trade war between the U.S. and Europe in the early 1960s might seem hardly worth remembering—and it pales...

Arkansas has some of the strangest liquor laws in the country—or at least the most politically contentious. Unlike a lot...

From his second-floor office overlooking the harbor in Norwalk, Connecticut, Bob Kunkel can see Long Island looming over the horizon...

It's now been nearly 100 years since Congress overhauled the United States' general tariff system—a system that is by now...

"When you walk into the store and there you don't see that packaging…you start to panic," says Kenzie Jaicomo, a...

Trade crossed with politics equals protectionism. That's the formula for Why We Can't Have Nice Things, a new limited-run podcast series...