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New Zealand’s reforms and lessons for Washington

July 27, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr 3 Comments

<This is the text of a speech delivered to the Washington Policy Center monthly breakfast on July 27, 2017> Many of you may be familiar with New Zealand’s reforms from an economic perspective, so I’m going to spend more of my talk focused on two other areas: How policies before and after the reforms impacted […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Bryce Wilkinson, Douglas Myers, new zealand, reforms, Roger Kerr, seattle, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Washington

Charlie Gard and the need for limited government

July 3, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

A few days after our first child was born, our pediatrician commented at a check-up, “Isn’t it funny that last week you’d never even met Penelope, and now you’d lay down in front of a bus for her?” I recalled this as I followed the tragic story of 10-month-old Charlie Gard who suffers from a […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: health care, National Health Service, NHS, universal health care

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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