…in particular on Social Security and current healthcare debate. Rusty(formerly Save the Rustbelt) adds his expertise on the health industry and mid-west. Noni Mausa is a professional writer and poet,…
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Crowding Out and the Social Overhead Costs of Labor
…automatically to adjust so as to eliminate a deficiency or excess of demand. In an economy in which Say’s Law is operative, attempts by the Government to increase total spending,…
Wrong Side of the Escalator
…where the overwhelming majority of our healthcare workers are women (80%), yet women hold less than 20% of our industry’s leadership roles. Women physicians working equal (or more) hours with…
Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
…for killing health-industry executives. Murder is evil, and in this case it’s also stupid. The problem with the U.S. health insurance industry isn’t that it’s run by bad people, it’s…
Train Drain
…Sloan of the American Chemistry Council testified before the Surface Transportation Board that railroads threaten the safety and growth in the chemical industry through “excessive rates and charges, unreliable service, and a…
Dodd Frank changes a huge gimme
…element, which is that Wall Street is getting yet another subsidy or back-door bailout. Today’s example is HR 37, with the Orwellian label “Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business…
Greece’s Missing Drivers of Growth
…predictions of the model with actual exports. Greek exports were 32.6% lower than those predicted by the model, which they label the “puzzle of the missing Greek trade.” They then…
Healthcare Reform; Socialism or Fascism?
…healthcare industry cost as these programs are a reflection of the industry. In the end, such a Grand Deal will lay the burden of healthcare costs on the elderly, the…
Jamie Dimon May Come Out Swinging Tomorrow, But His Fast Ball Isn’t What It Was
…Dimon may help effectively nationalize the American banking industry for good.” He asks us to “[c]onsider the implicit message the senators who called Dimon before them are sending: that banks…
“Fear and Loathing” of Wall Street, 2012
…public just four years ago by the financial services industry. The political issues contested thus far bring to mind Hunter Thompson’s reporting of the 1972 election campaign: “This may be…
