Free Stuff is Good, Actually

Took a little longer than expected, the intro took Hobbie a month soz xoxo

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:40 Free Stuff for Some, Miniature American Flags for Others
8:50 The 'Free Lunch' of Education
23:17 Universal Healthcare: the Affordable Dream
33:21 Healthcare as Social Insurance
50:13 Universal Based Income
1:07:53 Lumps in the Carpet

Thanks to ‪@LuckyBlackCat‬, ‪@phenomiks‬, ‪@LackingSaint‬, and ‪@lonerbox‬ for the quotes!

References (in rough order of appearance)
Videos used at the start:
   • Lord Frost discusses anxiety surround...  
   • Biden is to blame for record inflatio...  
   • The Bigger the Government... | 5 Minu...  
   • Yaron Brook to UK students: the NHS i...  
   • Thomas Sowell - Welfare  
   • America's Biggest Issues: Welfare  
   • How to Solve America's Spending Probl...  
‘Making Social Spending Work’, Peter Lindert
Friedman free lunch video:    • Milton Friedman - The Free Lunch Myth  
The Role of Government in Education, Milton Friedman
‘A Unified Welfare Analysis of Government Policies’, Hendren and Sprung Keyser
Friedman health interview    • Milton Friedman on Libertarianism    ...  
‘Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life’, Binagwaho et al
‘Universal Health Care: The Affordable Dream’, Sen
‘The Affordable Care Act After a Decade: Industrial Organization of the Insurance Exchanges’, Handel and Kolstad
‘Adverse Selection and an Individual Mandate: When Theory Meets Practice’, Hackmann et al 2015
Economics Explained video:    • An Honest Discussion About A Universa...  
‘Universal social insurance is sound economics’, David Sligar https://westernsydneywonk.wordpress.c...
‘Would a Basic Income Guarantee Reduce the Motivation to Work? An Analysis of Labor Responses in 16 Trial Programs’, Gilbert et al
‘Is There Empirical Evidence on How the Implementation of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) Affects Labour Supply? A Systematic Review’, Paz-Banez et al
‘General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya’, Egger et al 2022
‘Southern Ontario’s Basic Income Experience’ report https://labourstudies.socsci.mcmaster...
Milton Friedman welfare state lecture:    • Milton Friedman Speaks: What is Wrong...  
‘The End of Policing’, Alex Vitale
‘Creative arts and investing in systems’, Daniel Davies https://crookedtimber.org/2019/01/11/...
‘The Entrepreneurial State’, Marianna Mazucatto