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Many economists oppose price controlsespecially those following a disaster or other unforeseen event (often referred to as an “anti-dumping rule”). However, UMASS-Amherst economist Isabella Weber […]

Lambert here: I think “concern” is a bit weak. What about “screaming depression”? By Noam N. Levey, senior correspondent at KFF Health News. Originally published […]

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Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen do a series of podcasts on the economy of the 1970s. A few weeks ago, I commented on one of […]

There is a new paper on this topic: We investigate the effects of major Medicare price cuts on the medical device industry, which have reached […]

Yves here. While this post by Thomas Neuburger, and the tweetstorm Chris Hedges inspired, make the important point that violence begets violence, the framing worries […]

From the Institute for Progress. There are four of us, Dylan Matthews, Matt Clancy, and Jacob Trefethen again. There is a transcript, and here is […]

Although many women report being victimized by gossip, fewer report negative gossip. Female whistleblowers may not be aware that they are gossiping when they disclose […]

The universe, notes economist Noah Smith, is always trying to kill us, whether it’s the planets moving through space or our hunger pangs of a […]

Item 1: Source: Antoni. Item 2: Source: Antoni. Not that the data is “wrong” (I’m not a data conspiracy guru). Out of context, it doesn’t […]