Michael F. Cannon and Neal McCluskey let us listen in on their ongoing 20-year debate over who has the more difficult job — fixing health care or education. McCluskey argues that government’s monopolistic control over K‑12 education and compulsory schooling creates a more fundamental threat to freedom, while Cannon contends that health care is even more dysfunctional due to cascading government interventions that have created the world’s most expensive and gap-ridden health system. Both scholars explore how government subsidies drive up costs in their respective sectors and outline their visions for more libertarian, market-based alternatives.