| Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is an extremely popular book that has made economics a (somewhat) sexy topic of discussion. Levitt’s research makes economics exciting and... | |
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| The American Economic Association (AEA) has some great resources for economists. For instance, it has links to:Rankings of the Top Economics Graduate programs
Articles on Economists’... | |
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| The [Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust] fund also continues to fail our long-range test of close actuarial balance by a wide margin. The projected date of HI Trust Fund exhaustion is 2019, the same... | |
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| What is the effect a country’s GDP on health? What about the country’s literacy rate on infant mortality rates? Often researchers try to answer these questions using time-series data. ... | |
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| Are you friends members of the Marathon Runner’s of America club or the Bratwurst and Philly Cheesesteak club? If the answer is the later, you are much more likely to be obese than the... | |
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| According to Insurance and Technology, health insurer WellPoint has partnered with Zagat’s Survey to allow WellPoint’s members to rate their doctors. Zagat’s will use its 30 point... | |
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| With the stock market in decline, the credit crunch hovering over, and the fear of a recession growing, I think its time for some Friday humor.
I’ll let personal finance guru Michael Scott of... | |
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| People who are sick are not able to shop around for medical care. This statement may be true in some cases, but not for the majority of illnesses. Those without insurance are especially sensitive... | |
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| The latest edition of the Health Wonk Review is up at Joe Paduda’s Managed Care Matters website. | |
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| In Mexico there is a government program named Oportunidades which gives families cash payments if their children go to school, get vaccinated, and have regular health checkups. The program has been... | |
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