…her while she was riding her bike. Former government contractor Julie Briskman won a seat on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Ms. Briskman defeated eight-year Republican incumbent,…

Why Did Oil Prices Plunge This Black Friday? Nothing to do with the American super big shopping day after Thanksgiving, but several items, some of which may reverse themselves. As…

…war going while not going all the way as the super hawks wanted, and allowing both those who wanted more war and those wanting less to whine. For Obama the…

…receive other aid). See also 4. See, e.g., Chrystia Freeland, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich (2012) (described in The Guardian book review as “a necessary and at…

…especially true in the era of silver loading*, when bronze plans are free or super-cheap for many people with incomes in the 200-400% FPL range. Witness the exodus out of…

…a looming epidemic. Empirical work is hard, researchers aren’t super human. As an economist, I would love to believe that economists are geniuses with high intellectual standards, perfect models, and…

…of the Citizen’s United decision: Allowing for unlimited election spending by corporations and fueled the rise of Super Pacs and gave inordinate political power to a minority, those who could…

…was supposed to succeed his elevation to essentially lifetime leadership like his neighbor in China has, Xi Jinping.  But, oooops! The humongous and super grand beyond anything ever seen before,…

…someone who could competently run the Corporation. Being brilliant, idealistic, clairvoyant, … even entrepreneurial, would be a super nice bonus, but first and foremost, at the very minimum; they must…

…with many bad things happening and general uncertainty simply super high. Thus we have the oddity that in Congress it is Dems who are pushing for more and more expansive…