Michael F. Cannon and Neal McCluskey let us listen in on their ongoing 20-year debate over who has the more difficult job -- fixing health care or education. McCluskey argues that government's monopolistic control over K-12 education and compulsory schooling creates a more fundamental threat to freedom, while Cannon contends that health care is even more dysfunctional due to cascading government interventions that have created the world's most expensive and gap-ridden health system. Both scholars explore how government subsidies drive up costs in their respective sectors and outline their visions for more libertarian, market-based alternatives.
Show Notes:
https://www.cato.org/free-society/summer-2025/federal-failure-parental-freedom-story-movement
https://www.cato.org/blog/supreme-court-right-reading-opt-outs-thats-not-enough
https://www.cato.org/blog/top-5-reasons-end-us-department-education
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