The College Wealth Premium

The College Wealth Premium Has Collapsed

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/college-wealth-premium-collapsed/604579/

Is college still worth it? Read this study.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/personal-finance/is-college-still-worth-it-read-this-study/2020/01/10/b9894514-3330-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html

Related:

https://files.stlouisfed.org/files/htdocs/publications/review/2019/10/15/is-college-still-worth-it-the-new-calculus-of-falling-returns.pdf  

High Healthcare Costs in the US - Background Readings

Every American family basically pays an $8,000 ‘poll tax’ under the U.S. health system, top economists say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/07/every-american-family-basically-pays-an-poll-tax-under-us-health-system-top-economists-say/

Why Humira’s price keeps rising despite FDA approval of generic competition

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/why-humiras-price-keeps-rising-despite-fda-approval-of-generic-competition/2020/01/07/549ed0ce-2e3a-11ea-bcb3-ac6482c4a92f_story.html

Related:

Washington got stuck on lowering drug prices. Now they’re rising again.

In the U.S., an Angioplasty Costs $32,000. Elsewhere? Maybe $6,400.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/upshot/expensive-health-care-world-comparison.html

Use Simple Economics to Contain Health Care Costs

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-03/health-care-costs-can-be-contained-with-simple-economics 

Yes, Americans are feeling the squeeze. It’s coming from health care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-americans-are-feeling-the-squeeze-its-coming-from-health-care/2019/12/01/b66b42f0-12c5-11ea-9cd7-a1becbc82f5e_story.html

As price of insulin soars, Americans drive to Canada for lifesaving medicine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/as-price-of-insulin-soars-americans-caravan-to-canada-for-lifesaving-medicine/2019/06/14/0a272fb6-8217-11e9-9a67-a687ca99fb3d_story.html

The Worst Patients in the World

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/american-health-care-spending/590623/

Republicans are struggling to fix America’s dysfunctional health-care system

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/05/22/republicans-are-struggling-to-fix-americas-dysfunctional-health-care-system

The global battle over high drug prices

https://www.economist.com/business/2019/05/21/the-global-battle-over-high-drug-prices

History and Foreign Affairs

Freedom without constraints: how the US squandered its cold war victory

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/jan/07/freedom-without-constraints-how-the-us-squandered-its-cold-war-victory

America’s Dangerous Iran Obsession

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/america-dangerous-obsession-with-iran-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2020-01

The American-Iranian Psychosis, Next Chapter

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/opinion/trump-iran.html

The Nationalism That Trump Can’t See

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/iraq-and-iran-have-nationalists-too/604573/

Why Morals Matter in Foreign Policy

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/why-morals-matter-in-foreign-policy-by-joseph-s-nye-2020-01

Trump’s Blind March to War

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-suleimani-war-with-iran-by-djavad-salehi-isfahani-2020-01

Related:

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/suleiman-killing-american-strategic-incoherence-by-richard-n-haass-2020-01 

The Inequality Debate

The Equality Conundrum

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/13/the-equality-conundrum 

Inequality Is Up a Lot. The Question Is: How Much?

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-27/inequality-is-up-a-lot-the-question-is-how-much

The Debate Surrounding Inequality Measurement

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/11/30/economists-are-rethinking-the-numbers-on-inequality

Related:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/4/20938229/zucman-saez-tax-rates-top-400

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/10/29/774091313/is-the-american-tax-system-regressive

https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2019-11/pa-881-updated.pdf

Inequality in Sweden

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/11/30/in-sweden-billionaires-are-surprisingly-popular 

Ricky Gervais Skewers Hollywood

Ricky Gervais’ Golden Globes speech

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2020/01/full-text-ricky-gervais-golden-globes-speech/ 

Empirical Analysis of the Opioid Crisis

The True Cause of the Opioid Epidemic

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/01/what-caused-opioid-epidemic/604330/ 

Monetary Policy and the Economy

The Fed Should Keep Looking Forward, Not Retreat to the Past

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-06/fed-should-keep-looking-forward-not-retreat-to-the-past

Why the most important hedge is against unexpected inflation

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/01/02/why-the-most-important-hedge-is-against-unexpected-inflation

The business cycle ain’t dead yet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-business-cycle-aint-dead-yet/2020/01/05/d964a7fc-2e44-11ea-bcd4-24597950008f_story.html