…care organization (ACO), a prominent iteration of managed care, illustrates the problem. The ACO label was invented at a 2006 meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). The concept was tested…

…every lewd or offensive music or fashion statement that otherwise contained strong language was labeled and shunned puritanically. The result was that more albums were sold that were labeled highly…

…rather than purchasing more expensive, newly built homes. What’s the Difference Between Cage-Free and Free-Range Eggs? treehugger.com, Hayley Bruning. The “cage-free” egg label indicates that the hens producing eggs are,…

…could be considered of no clinical consequence. Doctors who want to use colchicine to prevent heart disease will be able to legally write off label prescriptions for the lower cost…

…vaginal creams. The controversy There may be some validity to a limited change in the label of female hormone replacement products. The original study showing the potential for harm from…

…MSNBC, and others. And more, most of it indicative of a desire to have state-controlled media instead of a free press. “FCC Broadcast Accountability” came under the label of “Reform.”…

…no matter the labels thrown upon them, going back 1000s of years. Its recurring features — concentrated power, weak accountability mechanisms, suppression of organized opposition — are structural problems of…

…Together with Facundo Alvaredo and Tony Atkinson, they have created the World Top Incomes Databases, very much worth checking out for a comparative look at U.S. inequality. Cross-posted at Middle…

…a comparative if not an absolute advantage, none of these occupations produce tradable goods or services. In other words, most of our low wage workers are not competing with the…

…Massachusetts increased 1.4%, less than a quarter of the national aggregate of 5.9%. It should be noted that this comparative performance decrement mirrors economic growth in the state as annual…