- Trail of E. Coli Shows Flaws in Inspection of Ground Beef
- The Health Care Monologues, about Anna Deveare Smith.
- After More Job Losses, Democrats Move to Extend Benefits (about unemployment insurance)
- A Heated Debate Is Dividing Generations in AARP: “Its 40 million members are split about evenly between those who have access to Medicare, the federal government’s health program for the elderly, and those who are too young to be eligible for such benefits. The younger members, or those between the ages of 50 and 64, sometimes face terrible choices in the private insurance market, with age and declining health status making premiums high and benefits poor… But members 65 and older get among the most secure medical benefits in the country, and many are in no mood to share.”
- Chicago lost the bid to host the 2012 Olympics, but this 2005 NYT op-ed from a sports economist argues that that was a good thing.
- Will Books Be Napsterized? Hopefully not mine 🙂
- Obama Aide Concedes Climate Law Must Wait: “virtually no chance Congress would have a climate and energy bill ready… before negotiations on a global climate treaty begin in December in Copenhagen.”
- Letterman Extortion Raises Questions for CBS
- Vets Loving Socialized Medicine Show Government Offers Savings: about the VA medical system for veterans.
- Austan Goolsbee, Stand-Up Economist
- Washington State’s Basic Health Plan and Cantwell in the news federally
- At 60 M.P.H., Office Work Is High Risk; moral hazard, you think?
- E.P.A. Moves to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Swiss Health Care Thrives Without Public Option
- A Modern Answer to the Commune, about group houses and communal living.
- Esther Duflo at MIT wins a MacArthur genius award!
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