Month: January 2010

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Proving why he is THE health care economist, Uwe Reinhardt explains how, why many other countries are very different in how they provide insurance to

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The Perversions of Politics

Speaking of the perversions of politics, here’s another one (Wall Street Journal): The final health-care bill is likely to require coverage for more mammograms than

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Taxing Financial Transactions

The Obama Administration is looking for ideas in the area of taxing financial transactions. Ezra Klein asked for thoughts. Even though I haven’t read deeply

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U.S. vs. European Economies

In response to my summer project ideas bleg GrandArch suggested a focus on the differences between U.S. and European economies. He, and others, may find

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Premiums and Wages

There are (at least) two issues pertaining to health care premiums and wages. I emphasized one, the one-to-one trade-off between premium and wage level. Larry

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WordPress Bleg

If you go to any page on The Incidental Economist you’ll now see a list of recent posts at the top of the middle column.

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Conflicts of Interest

The report on Jon Gruber’s (un)disclosed conflict of interest has been making the rounds.  I’ve been talking about it with a number of people all

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