In today’s NY Times Krugman, in passing, obliquely referenced the results I described yesterday, that Medicare beneficiaries are more satisfied with Medicare than are the non-elderly
It isn’t hard to find selection bias once you know how to spot it. Yet many people, including reporters and bloggers, don’t see or willfully
This post has been cited in the Money Hacks Carnival #76, hosted by Moolanomy. It isn’t so easy to figure out the right time enroll
This post has been cited in the 5 August 2009 Health Wonk Review, hosted by Disease Management Care Blog. Several recent reports and journal articles
This post has been cited in the Carnival of Personal Finance published on 3 August 2009. This is the third in a series of posts
If you overhear a remark made by a friend that others you care about (members of your family, say) interpret as racist, what should you
I’m meeting weekly with a friend, "L," to guide him through the retirement investment planning process. (All my posts about my meetings with L are
A recent paper by Miller and Watts explores the economics content of children’s books written by Theodor Geisel, a.k.a Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg, and Roseta
My employer has switched to the Office 2007 suite so I am forced to confront the ribbon, which replaces the toolbar menus with which I
Alex Tabarrok proposed a problem similar to one proposed to me in college. You can read his problem on his blog. Below I state mine,
This post has been cited in the August 2009 Discovering Dad Blog Carnival, hosted by Discovering Dad. As a kid I thought the role of
This post has been cited by the Carnival of Financial Planning #99, hosted by The Skilled Investor. Close readers of this blog may have noticed
