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Dr. Bobbi Herzberg examines the performance of the polycentric U.S. health system as it has played out during the COVID-19 pandemic. She explains what she means by calling the current public health system “polycentric,” she describes strengths and weaknesses of this system, and draws some conclusions about how to improve public policy in this area.
This lecture was part of the online IHS summer seminar, “The Classical Liberal Tradition,” which took place June 16-21, 2020. To watch other lectures from this seminar, see our playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNeQlRoOOIMkHbv4SPTN8nF5U3_uYSYTr
Dr. Bobbi Herzberg is a Distinguished Senior Fellow for the F. A. Hayek Program in Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She formerly held a faculty position in political science at Utah State University (USU), where she served as department head in political science and administrative director of The Institute of Political Economy, and she served as president of the Public Choice Society from 2014-2016. Dr. Herzberg received her Ph.D. in political economy from Washington University in St. Louis. She writes and speaks regularly on public policy, public choice, institutional analysis, and the Bloomington School.
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Dr. Bobbi Herzberg examines the performance of the polycentric U.S. health system as it has played out during the COVID-19 pandemic. She explains what she means by calling the current public health system “polycentric,” she describes strengths and weaknesses of this system, and draws some conclusions about how to improve public policy in this area.
This lecture was part of the online IHS summer seminar, “The Classical Liberal Tradition,” which took place June 16-21, 2020. To watch other lectures from this seminar, see our playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNeQlRoOOIMkHbv4SPTN8nF5U3_uYSYTr
Dr. Bobbi Herzberg is a Distinguished Senior Fellow for the F. A. Hayek Program in Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She formerly held a faculty position in political science at Utah State University (USU), where she served as department head in political science and administrative director of The Institute of Political Economy, and she served as president of the Public Choice Society from 2014-2016. Dr. Herzberg received her Ph.D. in political economy from Washington University in St. Louis. She writes and speaks regularly on public policy, public choice, institutional analysis, and the Bloomington School.
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The Institute for Humane Studies is the leading institute in higher education dedicated to championing classical liberal ideas and the scholars who advance them.
About Us: theihs.org/who-we-are
Twitter: twitter.com/theihs?lang=en
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