…already understaffed. Last August, the VA’s inspector general reported that 86% of the agency’s 170 medical centers and more than 1,000 clinics reported a “severe” shortage of doctors, while 82% of facilities…

…breathing), and, in some cases, produce a sense of euphoria. Synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, are produced and used both legally (when prescribed to treat severe pain) and illegally. Heroin, a…

…will be evident in a moment, I had to label each recession (or rather, post-recession period), the graph is a little busy. Note also that I am assuming that the…

…between the empirical world of markets and the putative substrate of “utility”. In the end, the reason for attaching a label like economics to some portion of human activity is…

…effectiveness of “severe control measures” is assumed. The data on which the estimate is based isn’t presented (on page 1) Consider this published the same day (no longer on page…

…could be labeled as addicts.” In 1996 with the introduction of OxyContin by Purdue Pharma, the use and abuse of the letter almost tripled. On one particular chart (displayed further…

…the drugs arrived, stuffed inside a plain brown envelope with Miller’s home address on the return label. . . . Stephanie’s faith in the drugs cost her valuable time. Doctors…

…a drawback when the savings shortfall is so severe. Of course, White’s proposal still subjects retirement funds to market risk that Social Security does not, and gives Wall Street a…

…Contracts clause because states must be allowed to address severe emergencies by requiring an altered “remedy” for completion of the contract—in that case, a longer time in which to repay…

…it would be a hugely regressive policy change, imposing severe burdens on lower- and middle-income Americans while barely affecting the wealthy. Why? First of all, the increase in life expectancy…