The ‘individual mandate’ in Obamacare obliges everyone to take up an health insurance plan. That seems like a restriction on personal freedom, but there are good economic reasons for that..
Entries Tagged as 'The World according to Economics'
Market for healthcare
February 7th, 2011 · No Comments
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Is Europe an economic disaster?
January 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Common knowledge has it. But is it right? Well…
Tags: Opinion · Reform Capitalism · The World according to Economics
The Global Recycling problem
December 8th, 2009 · No Comments
At the heart of the world-economic problems lies an imbalance between the world supply and demand for goods and services. The funny thing is, it’s actually surprisingly easy to amend….
Tags: Credit Crisis · Economy · Public Policy · The World according to Economics
The Economics of Jobs
December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
It’s an olther article, but the economics of unemployment have not changed that much since, and it’s still a very good overview..
Tags: Economy · The World according to Economics
Voodoo economists
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
One has just been on Bloomberg (10.15AM). The amount of nonsense leaving her mouth is quite staggering…
Tags: Opinion · The World according to Economics
Quantitative easing didn’t work in Japan
October 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment
From this weeks Economist. This is not good news…
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How did economists get it so wrong?
September 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Vintage stuff from this year’s Nobel prize winner and one of the best brains around. A wonderful guide to the state of present day (macro)economics. Required reading.
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Some really curious logic
June 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Most economist argue that publicly managed companies would fare worse than privately managed companies. Not this guy. He argues one should not buy Toyota because it’s facing nationalized competition in the US. Curious argument, that…
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Socialism in Washington?
June 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Politics is about getting votes, especially when you’re in opposition…
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The shortest take on the crisis..
June 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Paul strikes again…