Reading list
Austin Frakt August 31, 2012
Temperature, Human Health, and Adaptation: A Review of the Empirical Literature, by Olivier Deschenes (The National Bureau of Economic Research) This paper presents a survey
Temperature, Human Health, and Adaptation: A Review of the Empirical Literature, by Olivier Deschenes (The National Bureau of Economic Research) This paper presents a survey
Austin is out of town, I believe, so I’m taking it on myself to ARGH for him. The NEJM has published a piece entitled, “What
Judge Posner of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is the greatest living judge not on the Supreme Court. Generally considered a conservative, he isn’t
I finally finished the two good books I was reading. The first, Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow, has received extensive review and comment elsewhere. I don’t
How would President Obama and Mitt Romney each prefer to handle the tax treatment of health insurance premiums? Are their views different or the same?
I said I’d post this next week. I lied. Sorry. Here it is. Two excellent sources on this question are the 2008 CBO report* and the
Sorry. I have to post this again: I was watching the Republican convention last night, and I was struck by how every single person speaking
The California Healthcare Foundation claims that the federal government spent half its revenue on health care in 2010. Is it true? Well, no. The report
The only time I had lunch with Jon Gruber he told me the biggest problem in policy debates is a lack of clear understanding of
I want to add a quick note to Sarah Kliff’s coverage of Alex Wayne’s piece on the doctor shortage. Specifically this (emphasis mine): Medical schools
Below are my highlights of and notes on the commentary “Slowing Medicare spending growth: Reaching for common ground,” by Michael Chernew, Richard Frank, and Stephen
Consider a profit-maximizing firm (with non-negative profits) that offers its employees compensation in the form of an annual salary ($50,000) and health insurance (annual $15,000