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Malpractice Anxiety
Most malpractice claims do not lead to any payment from doctor to patient, but they still affect medicine. A new paper in The New England Journal of Medicine has details.
August 17, 2011Stocks Are Still Expensive
Relative to earnings, stocks still look costly.
August 04, 2011
Lessons From the U.S. Economy's Malaise
Nuances and caveats help to keep the nation from solving some straightforward questions about the economy.
July 27, 2011Obama and G.O.P. Plot Way to Win in a Down Economy
With the economy struggling, the Obama campaign is looking at past campaigns for clues on how to avoid losing.
July 20, 2011Consumer Spending: The Chicken or the Egg
Do job losses cause consumer slumps? Or vice-versa?
July 19, 2011Obama vs. Romney, an Early Skirmish
Two advisers do battle over economic policy via Twitter.
July 20, 2011Looking Inside the Consumer Bust
Consumer spending, under the official government definition, still has a historically high share of gross domestic product. But that is misleading in several ways.
July 18, 2011A Consumer Bust? Or a Wage Bust?
Robert Reich, the former labor secretary, says the economic problem isn't that consumers have been profligate, but that incomes have not kept up with the economy.
July 18, 2011Why Taxes Will Rise in the End
Economists have a name for a budget that covers soaring medical costs and pays for the world’s largest military with some of the world’s lowest taxes: a free lunch.
July 13, 2011The Concentrated Pain of Job Loss
In 1982, when the unemployment rate was similar to the rate in recent years, the share of people who experienced any spell of unemployment was much higher.
July 11, 2011Men, Women and the Great Recession
This downturn -- the recession combined with the weak recovery -- has still been far tougher on men than on women.
July 08, 2011Overly Optimistic, Once Again
Despite predictions to the contrary, the share of adults with jobs is now at its lowest level since the recession began.
July 08, 2011The Cost of Austerity
Cuts by state and local governments have cost the economy about 1 million jobs over the past two years.
July 08, 2011How Health Insurance Affects Health
A study by some of the country's top health economists aims to estimate the effects of not having health insurance -- and the effects are large.
July 07, 2011The Trouble With Balanced Budgets
Basic economics dictates that fiscal responsibility does not require banning deficits.
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