“The supply side is the great neglected side of the health-care debate, and Mulligan has written the best book on it to date.”

Tyler Cowen, George Mason University

“In Side Effects and Complications Mulligan provides an in-depth examination of the future of health care in the United States through a perceptive analysis of the unintended consequences of the new health-care law.  The book focuses on the incentive effects of the Affordable Care Act on employment.  At a time when our economy isn't creating many ‘good jobs,’ could this law impede progress? Mulligan masterfully applies insights from price theory to one of the most crucial public policy issues of our era. “

Matthew Kahn, University of California, Los Angeles

“When the government subsidizes health insurance for people who do not have full-time jobs, that subsidy discourages work and job creation, just as much as a tax of thousands of dollars on employment would do. In this splendid book, Mulligan comprehensively surveys this and related disincentives created by the many pieces of the Affordable Care Act, and he estimates their overall effect on employment and economic growth. You will come away shocked at how unaffordable the act is for the economy as a whole.” 

John H. Cochrane, University of Chicago

“Mulligan is certainly right to emphasize the importance of asking about the potential adverse side-effects of any significant social reform—and at the very least, he offers cautionary notes about the need to monitor the actual consequences of the Affordable Care Act.”
 

Cass Sunstein | Bloomberg View