Cato Cage Match: Education vs. Health Care

<p>Michael F. Cannon&nbsp;and Neal&nbsp;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&nbsp;Cannon&nbsp;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.</p><br /><p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.cato.org/free-society/summer-2025/federal-failure-parental-freedom-story-movement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://www.cato.org/free-society/summer-2025/federal-failure-parental-freedom-story-movement</u></a>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/supreme-court-right-reading-opt-outs-thats-not-enough" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://www.cato.org/blog/supreme-court-right-reading-opt-outs-thats-not-enough</u></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/top-5-reasons-end-us-department-education" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://www.cato.org/blog/top-5-reasons-end-us-department-education</u></a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>