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Employment in Oil & Gas Drilling

…By 2020 this sector’s employment would reach some 470,000 — more than double current levels. To put this in perspective, assume continued sluggish economic growth of some 2% to 3%…

Uwe E. Reinhardt on health spending

…of rising use. Reporting on the study, Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News notes, Higher prices charged by hospitals, outpatient centers and other providers drove up health-care spending at double