April 1-4: Dr. John Garen organized and moderated two sessions for the Association for Private Enterprise Education annual conference:
“Labor Markets and Healthcare Markets”
“Empirical Studies of Government Intervention and Its Effects”
About Us
The John H. Schnatter Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise is dedicated to understanding the role that markets play in the economy and in society. The Institute’s mission is to generate intellectually rigorous research and an open dialogue to discover and understand how free enterprise affects peoples’ lives and the well-being of society.
Current Research
Age of Earmarks
Steven Gordon
The federal government transfers considerable sums to local governments in the form of intergovernmental grants. With the exception of health and welfare programs, most intergovernmental grants to local governments are classified as discretionary spending.
Early Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access, Risky Health Behaviors, and Self-Assessed Health
Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata
This research sheds new light on the effects of the Affordable Care Act. During the first two years of the ACA access to health care increased but health outcomes and behaviors remained unchanged, according to findings by Schnatter Institute Director Yelowitz with coauthors Courtemanche, Marton, Ukert and Zapata. With efforts at the national level to repeal and replace the ACA this research suggests that though access to care may decrease, health outcomes are unlikely to change.
The Growth of Government, Trust in Government, and Evidence on Their Coevolution
Steven Gordon, John Garen, J. R. Clark
Only one in five Americans trust the United States government to do the right thing most of the time. This is down from three in four Americans in the 1960s. What has led to the erosion of trust? Gordon, Garen and Clark find that the growth in government by politicians who are currying the favors of special interests may play a large role.
Modern Politics and the Passions
David Bradshaw
Dr. Bradshaw explores today’s political, social and moral divides with reference to the works of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Finding that behind these ideas are destructive forms of thinking and feeling, Bradshaw argues that to unify requires returning to the classical disciplines imbedded in Plato, Aristotle and the Christian ideal of educating the passions.
In the News
April 2nd: Dr. Aaron Yelowitz presented his paper, "Early Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access, Risky Health Behaviors, and Self-Assessed Health"
https://www.apee.org/2018-conference/
June 1st: Dr. John Garen was on Kentucky Tonight to discuss the economy and trade.
https://www.ket.org/episode/KKYTO_002523/
April 28th: Drs. Courtemanche, Marton, Ukert, Yelowitz & Zapata were quoted in PJ Media
March 8: Dr. Aaron Yelowitz & Dr. Tim Harris's article in the Public Health Post: African Americans Own More Life Insurance, Not Less
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Join us for the showing of The Little Pink House this Thursday at 7:00pm at the @LyricTheatreLex https://t.co/T7QvEFGvbJ -
Hope you can join us today at noon to hear Dr. @kteltser speak on the U.S. Organ Donation Market! https://t.co/2uOrlu6rOi
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Don't forget to join us tomorrow at Noon in room 311 Gatton to hear Dr. Teltser talk on the organ donation market https://t.co/2uOrlu6rOi
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Keith Teltser, Assistant Professor of UofL, will be here on March 8th from 12-1 to talk about the U.S. Organ Donati… https://t.co/1dJu7YgeEc
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What's Ahead for Bitcoin? Please join us on February 7th to find out. https://t.co/GsrjmV8AdJ
