32. Anarchy in Health

<p>How would the free market have handled a respiratory illness? After a year of evidence, including my personal experience with the illness, we discuss the effectiveness of individual and public health precautions and interventions.</p> <p>We examine the difference in approach through the lens of Mises' calculation problem. What economic problems face public health authorities, and what would we have done without them?</p> <p>We are also re-joined by Philipp Bagus, who has just published a paper on the political economy of mass hysteria.</p> <p><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/1376/htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You can find Philipp's paper here.</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/why-covid-19-more-deadly-people-obesity-even-if-theyre-young" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Article:&nbsp;Why COVID-19 is more deadly in people with obesity&mdash;even if they&rsquo;re young</a></p> <p id="page-title" class="highwire-cite-title"><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Covid-19: Why are age and obesity risk factors for serious disease?</a></p> <section class="post-headline-wrapper"> <p class="post-headline "><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-obesity-top-factor-after-age-driving-nyc-hospitalization-2020-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obesity is the biggest factor driving New York City's coronavirus hospitalizations after age</a></p> </section> <section class="byline-wrapper col-12"> <div class="byline " data-e2e-name="byline"> <div class="byline-content" data-e2e-name="byline-content"> <div class="byline-row"> <p class="heading-title"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32674071/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How important is obesity as a risk factor for respiratory failure, intensive care admission and death in hospitalised COVID-19 patients? Results from a single Italian centre</a>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </section>