…on perceptions of changes (not levels). A very strange thing is that people say something has increased (or decreased) or is increasing *without* specifying the time interval. So inflation has…

…Cedar Crest hospital in Allentown, Pa. After an undocumented immigrant became comatose after surgery, the hospital threatened to deport the patient to the Dominican Republic if her family failed to…

February 28, 2024, Letters from an American, Prof. Heather Cox Richardson Past Open Thread February 21 2024 Is Late Economic Reporting the Cause of Bad Perceptions as New Deal democrat…

…are we not in a recession, but one isn’t likely in the immediate future either. Perceptions of inflation vs. wage growth: why the divergence? Angry Bear, by New Deal democrat…

…the early part of the 1990s, when gas prices were ridiculously low, the correlation holds better nominally than adjusted for income. But perceptions aside, are most people in fact worse…

…income on a more timely basis available in the public data.  For this purpose, wages are a very imperfect proxy, because income includes stimulus payments or debt relief during the…

…author talking about brand drugs where there will not have NDC variability. In this case we do not worry about the perceptions of manufacturer list price for generics which can…

…their guaranteed public coverage, people with Medicare also face affordability concerns. A full 19% of Medicare beneficiaries are considered underinsured, meaning they spend at least 10% of their income on…

…higher prices, but the successes did not loom as large in the public mind. Partly, it is psychology. Partly, it is storytelling. Last year, I wrote at Bloomberg Opinion on how the…

…greater percentage of nonfatal violence involving a firearm (27%) than nonfirearm violence (18%) occurred in an open area, on the street, or on public transportation. During 2018–2022, strangers committed a…