September 21, 2009 4:41PM 

# Monday Links 

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- The health care plan now being debated in Congress is not reform. [It’s an insurance-company bailout](http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-oew-cannon-mcneely18-2009sep18,0,3006714.story)–and you’re going to paying for it.

- The [true cost of financial regulation](http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2009/09/18/regulation_and_its_unintended_consequences_97413.html): “A detailed anatomy of the bubble shows that many of the policies and regulations meant to reduce financial risk *actually increased it*.”

- A great prep for the upcoming G‑20 meeting: Here’s a quick [crash course in global economics. ](http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/09/137_52192.html)

- Government: “Hey, let’s [start meddling](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/21/AR2009092101020.html?hpid=moreheadlines) in the Internet business.” A better idea: Preserve net neutrality *without regulation*. [Here’s how. ](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9775)

- Podcast: Do certain [climate change policies threaten global commerce](https://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=986)? More [here](http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/pas/tpa-041es.html).

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