Category Archives: Guest Post

The Continuing Dominance of the Dollar

The dollar still rules. What could make that change?

Links 10/10/18

Medicare Advantage Plans Shift Their Financial Risk To Doctors; Do Patients Win or Lose?

Are fixed fee pricing schemes for Medicare Advantage better for patients?

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/9/2018

Today’s Water Cooler: New NAFTA, dodgy bills of lading, 2020 debates, Sanders v. Bezos, blue wave in the states, O’Rourke, #MeToo, small business confidence, batteries, wood cities, UPS contract saga, Johnny Ramone, cause and effect, naps

JFK Sucks, and Cuomo Plan Won’t Fix It

Passing through JFK is a necessary purgatory for passengers; the Cuomo plan doesn’t address many problems.

Nobel Prizes in Economics, Awarded and Withheld (Climate Change Politics Edition)

How the Swedish Riksbank just put its finger on the scales of the climate change debate in a big way.

Italy’s New Fiscal Plans: The Options of the European Commission

What could the European Commission do if it decided to discipline Italy for defying budget rules?

Bankers’ Liability and Risk Taking

Why limited liability for banks is not such a hot idea.

Links 10/8/18

How Are We Doing on a ‘Green New Deal?’

Could a Green New Deal make enough of a dent in greenhouse gas emissions to halt global temperature increases?

Waste Watch: US Dumps Plastic Rubbish in Southeast Asia

Now that China has banned imports of plastic waste for recycling, US plastic waste exports to southeast Asia surge.

Links 10/7/18

With the World on the Line, Scientists Outline the Paths to Survival

Scientists will deliver an urgent warning with the issuance of the latest IPCC reports, starting next week. But will politicians and the public respond?

Costing the Country: Britain’s Finance Curse

More discussion of the downside of having too much finance.