Economics

In-depth articles on economics exploring key policies in healthcare economics, agriculture subsidies, trade tariffs, government subsidies, and monetary systems — with critical examination of their broader impacts on public health, individual liberty, free markets, economic freedom, and the urgent need for policy reform.

Brownstone Institute provides alternative perspectives on how economic interventions affect society, from farm subsidies distorting food systems and health outcomes to monetary policy enabling control, tariff effects on global trade and liberty, and pathways to restore free-market principles and personal freedoms.

All economics articles are translated into multiple languages to support global readers, open international dialogue, and promote evidence-based reform worldwide.

The Alarming Increase in Female Healthcare Worker Suicide

The Alarming Increase in Female Healthcare Worker Suicide

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The increasing number of suicides and fatal overdoses of women healthcare workers has accompanied rising sickness and women leaving the sector. A shortfall of 10 million healthcare workforce (of whom 80-90% is female) is projected by the WHO for 2030.

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Wildfires and the Hoary Hoax of a Burning Planet

Wildfires and the Hoary Hoax of a Burning Planet

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The current raging California fires are largely a function of misguided government policies. Officials have essentially curtailed the supply of water available to firefighters, even as they have increased the supply of combustible kindling and vegetation which feeds these wildfires.

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H-1B Visas: A Lesson from Canada

H-1B Visas: A Lesson from Canada

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“Temporary” programs in Canada and America rarely benefit their existing populaces. Here’s hoping the incoming Trump administration takes heed of Canada’s abject failure to rein in its permanent “temporary” population and reins in the policies that impoverish the native citizenry.

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