Health as Human Capital Foundation
Welcome to the Health as Human Capital Foundation website - an independent source of information for policy makers in business, government, and health care.
Focused on economic principles and market solutions, the Foundation provides education programs and research updates.
See our blog of research summaries at:
How labels get in the way of trusting ourselves - Entry 15, 2008
(Sunday, July 20, 2008)
Cars, Medicine and Businesses: A Crash Course in the Dangers of Specialization. Entry 14 - 2008.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
The placebo effect, high prices, and someone else’s money. Spending the most and getting the best aren’t the same thing. Entry 13 – 2008
(Sunday, June 22, 2008)
(Sunday, July 20, 2008)
Cars, Medicine and Businesses: A Crash Course in the Dangers of Specialization. Entry 14 - 2008.
(Sunday, July 06, 2008)
The placebo effect, high prices, and someone else’s money. Spending the most and getting the best aren’t the same thing. Entry 13 – 2008
(Sunday, June 22, 2008)
Our Mission
To establish health as a recognized component of human capital by providing:
- objective, empirical information about the economics of inefficient health resource utilization and
- insights about market solutions to the health care cost and quality problem.

