Vincent Geloso
Senior Fellow
Vincent Geloso, senior fellow at AIER, is an assistant professor of economics at George Mason University. He obtained a PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics.
Follow him on Twitter @VincentGeloso
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The Poor Are Richer Than We Think: Unlocking Dead Capital
Depictions of global wealth don’t account for assets that lack formal ownership rights: the world’s poor own a mountain of capital they can’t fully put to work.
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The Wait Is the Price: Quiet Rationing Plagues Canadian Health Care
The time between referral and treatment has tripled since 1993. The supply of doctors, MRIs, and hospital beds can’t keep up with tax-subsidized demand for care.
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The Other Cost of Protectionism
Protectionism is an economic poison, and its lingering side effects weaken the economic body over time.
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Trudeau’s Horrible Carbon Tax Implementation
A carbon tax puts a price on emissions externalities. Conflating it with heavy-handed regulations killed its simplicity and hamstrung its popularity.
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Banning TV Drug Ads Would Have Serious Unintended Consequences
Drug ads make pharma companies compete for patients as buyers. Introducing more new drugs faster helps make US health care the global standard.
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An Overlooked Killer of Income Mobility
Land use regulation keeps poor families from moving to areas where there’s more opportunity, reducing their lifetime earnings.
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Stop Sacralizing the State
Anti-statism is the soul of classical liberalism: opposition to the sacralization of the State and its actors. It is the rejection of the worship of power.
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More Human Capital Requires More Economic Freedom
“Freer economies are able to make human capital (and self-improvement) more enticing for workers.” ~Vincent Geloso
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Regulatory Burden Falls Hardest on the Poor
“Occupational licensing — the costly requirement of a license to be engaged in a particular profession — has grown massively in recent decades. Many of the new regulations fall on low- and medium-income professions.” ~Vincent Geloso
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Bipartisan But Brutal: Lessons from the Chinese Exclusion Act
“This bipartisan consensus was not a middle ground, but rather a race to the bottom driven by the worst impulses of politicians and voters.” ~Vincent Geloso
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The Poor Are Richer Than We Think: Unlocking Dead Capital
Depictions of global wealth don’t account for assets that lack formal ownership rights: the world’s poor own a mountain of capital they can’t fully put to work.
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•
The Wait Is the Price: Quiet Rationing Plagues Canadian Health Care
The time between referral and treatment has tripled since 1993. The supply of doctors, MRIs, and hospital beds can’t keep up with tax-subsidized demand for care.
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•
The Other Cost of Protectionism
Protectionism is an economic poison, and its lingering side effects weaken the economic body over time.
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•
Trudeau’s Horrible Carbon Tax Implementation
A carbon tax puts a price on emissions externalities. Conflating it with heavy-handed regulations killed its simplicity and hamstrung its popularity.
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•
Banning TV Drug Ads Would Have Serious Unintended Consequences
Drug ads make pharma companies compete for patients as buyers. Introducing more new drugs faster helps make US health care the global standard.
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•
An Overlooked Killer of Income Mobility
Land use regulation keeps poor families from moving to areas where there’s more opportunity, reducing their lifetime earnings.
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•
Stop Sacralizing the State
Anti-statism is the soul of classical liberalism: opposition to the sacralization of the State and its actors. It is the rejection of the worship of power.
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•
More Human Capital Requires More Economic Freedom
“Freer economies are able to make human capital (and self-improvement) more enticing for workers.” ~Vincent Geloso
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•
Regulatory Burden Falls Hardest on the Poor
“Occupational licensing — the costly requirement of a license to be engaged in a particular profession — has grown massively in recent decades. Many of the new regulations fall on low- and medium-income professions.” ~Vincent Geloso
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Bipartisan But Brutal: Lessons from the Chinese Exclusion Act
“This bipartisan consensus was not a middle ground, but rather a race to the bottom driven by the worst impulses of politicians and voters.” ~Vincent Geloso