A leading critic of Obamacare and an advocate of a laissez-faire approach to health care is one of the latest to soften up to the idea of a single-payer system.
In a recent Atlantic article, George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan declares that college is, mostly, a waste of time. But his arguments are deeply flawed, and the country would be well-advised to take them with a shot of skepticism.
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