Social policy Archives - Page 29 of 169

Higher Minimum Wages and Mixed Effects on Health

A challenge to arguments about the health benefits of increasing minimum wages. Readers?

Bill Black and Michael Hudson on Corruption in Finance

A deep dive into why big money players have become critical to big corruption.

Fast Food Suppliers Contribute to Increases in BMI and Decreases in IQ

Using Norwegian registry data, this column documents that the increased supply of fast food restaurants could be responsible for as much as 35% of the increase in BMI and 27% of the decline in cognitive ability observed across cohorts born during the 1980s.

This entry was posted in Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values on June 16, 2023 by Lambert Strether.

In Court Testimony, Climate Scientists Rebuke Montana for Support of Fossil Fuels

The landmark trial marks the first time in US history that kids are testifying in court about the effects of climate change on their wellbeing.

This entry was posted in Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Legal, Social policy on June 15, 2023 by Lambert Strether.

Annual Numbers of Excess Deaths in the US Relative to Other Developed Countries Are Growing at an Alarming Rate

America continues to be exceptional, here in our level of excess deaths.

This entry was posted in Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Pandemic, Social policy on June 14, 2023 by Yves Smith.

“Does Economics Do More Harm than Good?”

In a new book, George DeMartino offers some novel and pointed criticisms of economics, focusing on societal damage.

I Was a Wilderness Therapy Success Story. Then My PTSD Surfaced.

Wilderness therapy looks like yet another scam designed to extract funds from parents with self-destructive kids.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values on June 10, 2023 by Yves Smith.

Human-Caused Warming to Surpass Paris Agreement Limit by 2037, Analysis Finds

Another troubling global warming assessment.

This entry was posted in Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Social policy on June 9, 2023 by Yves Smith.

Small Town and Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closing Due to Funding

More pillaging of America, here in hospitals in flyover, where it won’t be noticed much before those practices start moving to the core.

Biden Signs Off on Restarting Student Debt. Why?

Do student debt concessions prove Democrats are just terrible negotiators? The real reason Party leaders do the debt ceiling dance.

Why Don’t We Get the Politicians We Need?

Some thoughts about why US and UK politicians are so bad

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, UK on June 7, 2023 by Yves Smith.

Saying That Students Embrace Censorship on College Campuses Is Incorrect

Do you agree with that the idea that campuses have a lot of censorship is greatly exaggerated?

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Media watch, Social policy, Social values on June 6, 2023 by Yves Smith.

As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage

In what’s known as the Medicaid unwinding, states are combing through rolls and deciding who stays and who goes. People who are no longer eligible or don’t complete paperwork in time will be dropped.

This entry was posted in Health care, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on June 4, 2023 by Lambert Strether.