…overcrowding in their prisons caused a lack of adequate health care so severe that it resulted in numerous deaths, in violation of the Eleventh Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual…

…made at plants that were severely damaged in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. So just as U.S. auto sales gather steam, the unexpected war in Libya, surging gas prices…

…February. and… These observations suggest January’s severe winter storm could skew the measurement and estimation of payrolls this year as well. From those prior episodes, we calculate that the winter…

…in any of this months data. The work week contracted and as a consequence the index of aggregate hours worked ticked down. The severe winter weather weather almost certainly impacted…

…sheets also varies with the type of recession, and a financial collapse brought about by bad loans is particularly severe. The present recession is an example of this, and policy…

…hit by a severe macroeconomic downturn, failures of financial firms can lead to system-wide runs on deposits. This in turn leads to a massive disruption of the system that provides…

…be more losers than winners, with the repercussions for the youngest Boomers most severe: 26 percent of them would lose an average of $4,200 in retirement income, while 11 percent…

…“user fees” on individuals with criminal convictions. Yet far from being easy money, these fees impose severe – and often hidden – costs on communities, taxpayers, and indigent people convicted…

…so severe? The answer to all four of these questions is probably no. … […continue reading…] There are some costs — the harm that something like torture does to our…

…times and the comments but for the life of me can’t find any part that suggests fiscal restraint is less severe in the science of monetary, nor ignored the limits…