forbes.com - 7/3/2009
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When asked about the federal government's long-term budget problem, Barack Obama always responds that it is essentially a health issue. Unless we fix the health care system, he says, we cannot get control of the budget. This is the key reason why Obama has stressed the need for health reform ...
econbrowser.com - 7/2/2009
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econbrowser.com —
As James Morley has pointed out, often a
sharp economic downturn is followed by an equally sharp
economic recovery. One reason for that is the liquidation of inventories that accompanies any recession and restocking that takes place in recovery. What ...
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A V-shaped recession?
nytimes.com - 6/27/2009
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nytimes.com —
IN the debate over health care reform ,
one issue looms large: whether to have a public
option. Should all Americans have the opportunity to sign up for government-run health insurance? President Obama has made his own preferences clear. In a letter ...
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Economic View - The Pitfalls of the Public Option in ...
voxeu.org - 7/3/2009
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voxeu.org —
Caroline Freund , 3 July 2009 The collapse
in trade has been unprecedentedly severe. This column examines
potential explanations. While the global fragmentation of production has increased the responsiveness of trade flows to drops in demand, trade ...
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Explaining the trade collapse
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Rationing Health Care
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Health Care: Costs And Reform, by Bruce Bartlett, Commentary,
Forbes: When asked about the federal
government's long-term budget problem, Barack Obama always responds that it is
essentially a health issue. Unless we fix the health care system, he says, we
cannot get control of the budget. This is the key reason why Obama has stressed
the need for health reform this year. ...
Will We Really Be Able to Save on Health Care Costs (Without Just NOT Doing It?)
EconomistMom.com —
... Bruce Bartlett ponders the question in his Forbes column today. His conclusion: ...
Taxes and Health
Capital Gains and Games —
Unlike most conservatives, I don’t cringe in fear that health reform will destroy the American health care system, nor do I believe that it is necessarily the best in the world. I think it could stand a lot of improvement and I think it’s too bad that Republicans have never put forward an alternative to the Democrats’ proposal.
That said, I have said from the beginning (here, here and here) that Barack Obama’s plan suffers from a fatal ...
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