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The Trouble with Cost Containment

…patient who is nowhere near dying. Other transfers create severe discomfort for the resident, with little to show for it. How do we solve this? ______________________________- Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt…

The Great Trade Collapse…VoxEU

severe and synchronised collapse in late 2008 – the sharpest in recorded history and deepest since WWII. VoxEU today posts a new Ebook – written for the world’s trade ministers…

Greenspan Commission Staff Alumni on Bi-Partisan Commissions

severe than the shortfall Congress eliminated twenty-six years ago. Fast-Tracking Social Security Legislation Is Unprecedented An expedited procedure, which limits debate and prohibits all amendments, would be unprecedented: Since its…

Scariest Irvine Foreclosure

…property to keep it from being foreclosed. Nearly 40% below 2001 levels would be severe. The Shiller Real Home Price Index indicates that prices are just about even with (maybe…

g7-vs-g5-in-charts

…as growth, domestic demand, and inflation rebound first. The downturn in the developed world was very severe, as illustrated by the sharp contraction of GDP of the G7 countries. And…

Employment Report

…apparent bottoming in the decline in payroll employment stems more from the point that the employment drop was more severe a years ago, not that the current data is improving….