Ruining Christmas: An Economist’s Guide – Forbes. Quoting from this Forbes article, “… economists are the wet blankets of the world. We can ruin almost any proposal and almost any situation with just a couple of analytical tools and the words “unintended consequences.” The author of this essay “ruins” Christmas by looking at this beloved holiday through an economist’s lens…]]>
Day: December 15, 2012
Ruining Christmas: An Economist’s Guide
Ruining Christmas: An Economist’s Guide – Forbes.
Quoting from this Forbes article, “… economists are the wet blankets of the world. We can ruin almost any proposal and almost any situation with just a couple of analytical tools and the words “unintended consequences.” The author of this essay “ruins” Christmas by looking at this beloved holiday through an economist’s lens…
How Economics Saved Christmas
How Economics Saved Christmas – Forbes.
Here’s an economist’s version of the famous Dr. Seuss tale “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”…
Aetna CEO Sees Obama Health Law Doubling Some Premiums
Aetna CEO Sees Obama Health Law Doubling Some Premiums – Bloomberg.
From Bloomberg News: According to Aetna Inc.’s chief executive officer, health insurance premiums may as much as double for some small businesses and individual buyers in the U.S. when the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions start in 2014…
The right-to-work dilemma
Charles Krauthammer: The right-to-work dilemma – The Washington Post.
Charles Krauthammer writes, “For all the fury and fistfights outside the Lansing Capitol, what happened in Michigan this week was a simple accommodation to reality. The most famously unionized state, birthplace of the United Auto Workers, royalty of the American working class, became right-to-work.”