Lots of scary talk about frackin’ goin’ on these days. Doing big scary things underground, where we can’t see what’s going on. Not being forthright about what they’re doing. Reminds me of some other big things going on underground–some other big, scary things. Really. I wrote about it a couple of years ago, here: My [...]
From WonkBlog: @EzraKlein: If health-care costs had tracked inflation over recent decades, the average family would have $5,000 more per year: http://bit.ly/wzDCER But health-care costs are included in the CPI (inflation rate). How does that affect the picture?
Dear Ed, Love your show, and your down-to-eath presentation. Seems to me, though, that lots of folk out there don’t understand the basics of economics. “Trickle Up Economics” chart does a great job, but there are so many more ideas that need to be made clear. What is a bank? How does it work? What [...]
From Washington Post: Survey: Rising health insurance costs shifted to workers And yet, they rail against Obamacare, which would actually decrease costs to workers. Do wonders never cease?