AEI - Research Project 8

Unlocking the Value of Health

By Nicholas Eberstadt , Hans Groth | AEI Press
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Nicholas Eberstadt and Hans Groth outline a plan for Western Europe to capitalize upon its healthy older workforce. [Read more]

Biotechnology and the Patent System

Balancing Innovation and Property Rights

By Claude Barfield , John E. Calfee | AEI Press
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

This book offers a timely discussion of biotechnology patent reform. [Read more]

The Health Disparities Myth

Diagnosing the Treatment Gap

By Sally Satel , Jonathan Klick | AEI Press
Wednesday, January 18, 2006

The authors of this book conclude that differences in treatment vary by race but not because of it. [Read more]

One Nation under Therapy

How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance

By Christina Hoff Sommers , Sally Satel | St. Martin's Press
Friday, April 1, 2005

Drawing on established science and common sense, the authors reveal how "therapism" and the burgeoning trauma industry have come to pervade our lives. [Read more]

Private Discounts, Public Subsidies

How the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Really Works

By Joseph Antos , Ximena Pinell | AEI Press
Tuesday, June 1, 2004

While critics have pronounced the Medicare prescription drug discount card program a failure, Antos and Pinell find that the evidence proves otherwise. [Read more]

Health Care Matters

Pharmaceuticals, Obesity, and the Quality of Life

By H.E. Frech , Richard D. Miller Jr. | AEI Press
Sunday, March 14, 2004

Thisbook shows that it is time to rethink conventional wisdom regarding consumption of pharmaceuticals. [Read more]

Health and the Income Inequality Hypothesis

A Doctrine in Search of Data

By Nicholas Eberstadt , Sally Satel | AEI Press
Thursday, January 8, 2004

The study analyzesand challenges the income inequality hypothesis, which purports to show that inequality in income--not poverty per se--is bad for people's health. [Read more]

Beyond Therapy

Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness

By President's Council on Bioethics | HarperCollins Publishers
Monday, December 1, 2003

A groundbreaking new exploration of the promises and perils of biotechnology--and the future of American society. [Read more]

Saving Lives and Saving Money

By Newt Gingrich , Anne Woodbury , Dana Pavey | Alexis de Toqueville Institution
Tuesday, April 1, 2003

This book is a transforming approach to the challenge of creating a better system of health and health care for the twenty-first century. [Read more]

Responsible Tax Credits for Health Insurance

By Mark V. Pauly , John S. Hoff | AEI Press
Sunday, December 1, 2002

The authors chronicle changes in U.S. attitudes about health care and consider policy trade-offs and problems of a tax credit/voucher system to finance health insurance. [Read more]