The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
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English Summary
The article critiques the over-reliance on Kenneth Arrow's 1963 theory of asymmetric information to justify the unique and often inefficient institutional features of the health care sector. It argues that the 'uniqueness doctrine'—which posits that health care operates under fundamentally different economic rules—is intellectually flawed and overly restrictive. While information asymmetry is a factor, the author asserts it is neither necessary nor sufficient to explain the sector's complex structure, suggesting that policy analysis should look beyond this single theory. Policymakers are urged to give greater respect to the price mechanism and standard economic principles applicable to other industries, rather than allowing informational deficiencies to justify every regulatory or organizational idiosyncrasy.
中文摘要
本文批判了過度依賴 Kenneth Arrow 於 1963 年的資訊不對稱理論來為醫療保健領域獨特且往往效率低下的制度特徵進行合理化的做法。文章認為，「獨特性學說」——即主張醫療保健運作遵循根本上不同經濟規則——在學術上存在缺陷且過於限制。儘管資訊不對稱確實是一個因素，但作者強調它既非解釋該領域複雜結構的必要條件，也非充分條件，建議政策分析應超越單一理論的框架。本文敦促政策制定者，應更重視適用於其他產業的價格機制和標準經濟原則，而非允許資訊上的不足為所有監管或組織上的特殊性提供辯護。
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