[Dean's World] Dave Price: Rudy Channelling Arnold Kling?

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Posted by Dave Price:
Rudy Channelling Arnold Kling?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1181159230.shtml


   Via Glenn, James Pethokoukis at U.S. News [1]excerpts an interesting
   Giuliani moment from the debates:

     "Health insurance should become like homeowners insurance or like
     car insurance: You don't cover everything in your homeowners
     policy. If you have a slight accident in your house, if you need to
     refill your oil in your car, you don't cover that with insurance.
     But that is covered in many of the insurance policies because
     they're government dominated and they're employer dominated."

   As James notes, this is very reminiscent of Arnold Kling's arguments
   that the current system is set up to insulate people from medical
   costs than insure them against large losses. Rudy's acumen in grasping
   and articulating economic libertarian princples is one reason he's
   such an exciting candidate. Of course, he's [2]less than perfect, but
   it's sort of amusing to see lefties who used to praise Giuliani's
   liberalism (back when they assumed he had no shot) scrambling to paint
   him as some sort of fascist as he becomes the Republican favorite.
   If you haven't read [3]Kling's book, I highly recommend it. It's
   short, to the point, and easy to follow.

References

   1. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/capitalcommerce/070606/gop_debate_giulianis_libertari.htm
   2. http://www.reason.com/blog/show/120589.html
   3. http://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Abundance-Rethinking-Health-Care/dp/1930865899/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7831058-3261645?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181158298&sr=8-1