Worst Health Care Revolving Door Case So Far, Version 2.0? – From President of Lilly USA to US Secretary of Health and Human Services?
Trump is managing the difficult task of setting new lows in the revolving door category.
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Enlightenment Then, Enlightenment Now
On the role of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/20/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
Read more...Can Manipulating the Prices of ObamaCare’s “Silver” Plans Prevent Trump’s CSR Cuts from Having Any Impact?
ObamaCare subsidies are indexed to the price of Silver plans. This creates some counter-intuitive results.
Read more...Sloppy Journalism about “Fully Autonomous” (Except Not) Robot Cars on (Some of) Manhattan’s Streets
Cuomo announces that self-driving cars will be tested on the streets of Manhattan: a critique of the press coverage
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Brexit: The Economics of International Disintegration
We can estimate Brexit’s economic impact, but we do not yet understand what made people vote for it. Policy recommendations vary accordingly.
Read more...India’s Demonetization Experiment Fails to Demonetize: Cash Comes Full Circle
Cash withdrawals from Indian ATM machines are nearly back to the level of just before Modi’s demonetization shock.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/19/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Obama on the trail, Cory Booker, J.D. Vance, leading indicators, FedEx, Blue Apron, CHIP, Alexa, the extended mind
Read more...The “Copper” (Catastrophic) Health Insurance Plans in the Alexander-Murray Bill
Considered as a mechanism of delivering health care, Copper heath insurance plans fall short.
Read more...Links 10/19/17
Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio
Fossil fuel industry promotes the idea that elections are not a good use of public funds.
Read more...UK Oil And Gas Costs To Rise 100% If Brexit Fails
A concrete example of why a disorderly Brexit is not a good idea.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/18/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Trump flip on Alexander-Murray, Steve Bannon, Mnuchin on tax reform, housing starts, Amazon, coffee shops
Read more...Can Theatre Change Your Mind?
The potential and the limits of theatre and other art forms to combat confirmation bias.
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