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Social Security: Inter and Intra-Temporal Contingency

effects of current utility of that dollar, of current year interest, and of current year inflation we can calculate that it would take 2.19/.03 or 73 years before ‘Nothing’ became…

Note on student loans

…Wednesday to Congress, arguing that the nation’s credit crisis was beginning to have adverse effects on many colleges and universities. Mr. Bush and like-minded lawmakers repeatedly cited the possible effects

One Aussie viewpoint

…were made when unemployment was moderately high – at around 8%. This meant that, when the economy recovered from the effects of the spending cuts, economic growth in the years…

Trade policies and the campaign

…However, such these labels do not accurately describe either candidate. And it does not fully portray the candidate, Mr Obama, who has the more optimistic vision of trade. The conventional…

All in the phrasing

…these statements. The CBO has released a report detailing the effects of indexing the the AMT to inflation (i.e. “patching” it so that fewer households would pay it than otherwise…

Drug innovation improves lives and saves some

…Personal and professional experience have demonstrated that advances in psycho-tropic drugs have made side effects significantly less, as well as a better and more refined targeting of a meds impact…

Trying to Short Joe Biden

…a nice start, as Elizabeth Warren notes: Obama has history. He voted against the bankruptcy bill. He voted in favor of the amendments that would have eased the effects of…

Revenue Compression in the Physician Office

…however, to link to good arguments or create one with data. This can include examples in real world business management, patient anecdotes for illustrative purposes, data for aggregates, policy effects