Cronyism in America: How the AMA Cartelized the Medical Profession

Tags: Health, Progressivism

07/26/2023 Patrick Newman

In the Progressive Era (1897 to 1929) the American Medical Association made an effort to restrict the supply of doctors.

Download lecture slides at Mises.org/MU23_PPT_18.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2023.

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