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Health Affairs Covers Malpractice
Found on The Incidental Economist (Posts) on Wed 8th Sep 10
I’m only upset I didn’t get to contribute. Anyway.The September issue of Health Affairs focuses on medical malpractice in the United States, and there are a number of pieces in there worth reading. I’m going to discuss just a few. Unfortunately,
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The Two-Track Economy
Found on The Bonddad Blog on Wed 8th Sep 10
From the WSJ:Among the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the 10 that get the largest share of their sales abroad are expected to see revenues grow by an average of 8.3% over the next year, industry analysts say. By contrast, the 10 that do the
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A Bipartisan Stimulus Plan
Found on Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis on Wed 8th Sep 10
President Obama and Democrats are of the Keynesian mindset that we need to get people to work and get the economy moving again and construction projects are a good way of doing so. Republicans disagree and favor tax cuts.On a totally different topic, Republicans
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Government in the Mortgage Business, by Arnold Kling
Found on Kudlow's Money Politic$ on Wed 8th Sep 10
The New York Times reports, "This is subprime lending done right," said John Taylor, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an umbrella group for 600 community organizations, and a staunch critic of the lending industry. He is talking about
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Wisdom on Comments
Found on Overcoming Bias on Wed 8th Sep 10
Wisdom from Eli Dourado:On small blogs, people typically comment when they have something to contribute or ask that is relevant to the post. These are frequently of high quality. …On more popular blogs, this positive commenting dynamic is confounded by
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The Privatization of UCLA's Business School Is Underway
Found on Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Wed 8th Sep 10
Mathew Garrahan:UCLA business school to end public funding: A leading business school in the University of California system is preparing to forgo public funding amid increasing uncertainty about the state’s economic health and California’s ability
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My politics, redux
Found on Aguanomics on Wed 8th Sep 10
In the post earlier today, WEH called attention to a number of government programs that are either broke or failures. I "allowed" that post to go up because I agreed with it, although perhaps not its phrasing. In short:The USPS loses money every year, but it
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The True Cost of the Iraq War
Found on Angry Bear on Wed 8th Sep 10
originally posted at Economistview by Mark ThomaStiglitz and Bilmes: The True Cost of the Iraq WarJoseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes:The true cost of the Iraq war: $3 trillion and beyond, by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes, Commentary, Washington Post:
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Uncertainty and the Cyclical vs Structural Unemployment Debate
Found on Macroeconomic Resilience on Wed 8th Sep 10
There are two schools of thought on the primary cause of our current unemployment problem: Some claim that the unemployment is cyclical (low aggregate demand) whereas others think it’s structural (mismatch in the labour market). The “Structuralists”
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Economic Jolt: Job Openings and Labor Turnover July 2010
Found on Calculated Risk on Wed 8th Sep 10
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released their latest monthly read of job availability and labor turnover (JOLT) showing that private non-farm job openings increased 7.33% since June and rose 33.09% above the level seen in July 2009, job hires increased
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