How about letting the market work? Why not let the price of monoclonal antibodies rise until supply equals demand?The Money Illusion
If we did so, a thousands medical ethicists would scream about how rationing by price favors the rich.
Suppose instead that we ration by political power—give it first to people with lots of clout:
Power >>>>> money
Scott Sumner | Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University
If we did so, a thousands medical ethicists would scream about how rationing by price favors the rich.
ReplyDeleteThen let's do it by a Social Credit Score, ala China.
Ooops! There goes a lot of selfish "libertarians" down the drain if their own immune systems are inadequate.
But if money is to serve as some kinda of merit indicator then that REQUIRES that we have a just economic system which, if the Bible is any kind of guide, WE DON'T HAVE.