Today NBER released a paper by Jon Gruber on the tax exclusion (a.k.a tax subsidy) for employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). Since its content relates to
It’s up. And since, many other people have summarized it, I won’t. But here are my thoughts, in no particular order: It’s a compromise between
Below is the silly post I promised on Friday, the one that signifies that my switch to a new website host account has worked. By
I was going to make a witty comment on how “I love getting the emails that accuse me of lying or dishonesty”, but the truth
This weekend I’m moving this blog to a new web hosting account. I only vaguely know what that even means. But, rest assured, I’ve got
By middle age or thereabouts, it is a good idea to know a bit about each of several issues relevant to retirement planning other than
Ezra Klein calls the figures below the difference between Democratic and Republican rhetoric (h/t Andrew Sullivan, Charles Franklin). What’s politics got to do with it?
You sick of this issue yet? It’ll die soon enough. I’m not trying to keep it going. I’m just posting this for the record. (Posting
I tried very hard not to follow the news or blogs while I was on vacation last weekend. That meant I got to miss much
I’ve subscribed to The Atlantic for over 15 years. Some of the best things I’ve read have appeared in that periodical. I’ve learned a lot
OK. My vacation was fantastic, and now I’m ready to get back into it. There were lots of questions waiting for me when I returned,
This post has been cited in the 4 March 2010 edition of Health Wonk Review. Here are two assertions: (1) The less something costs, the
