The city besieged -- Will globalization lead to permanent pandemic? -- Can Indian sewers make Indiana healthier? -- Can our bodies be more pandemic proof? -- Why did so much healthcare spending produce so little health? -- Do robots spread disease? -- What is the future of downtown? -- The...

This paper reviews the public sector role in the provision of health care. A first role of the government is to use tax policy to correct externalities associated with individual behaviors. Estimates suggest that the external effects of many `sins' such as alcohol consumption are greater than...