Economics

Articles on economics exploring policies in areas like healthcare, agriculture, trade tariffs, subsidies, and monetary systems, along with their broader impacts on public health, liberty, free markets, and policy reform.

All Brownstone Institute economics articles are translated into multiple languages.

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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