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Joseph E. Hight, PhD economics, Brown University. Joe has 30 years experience as a government and academic economist. His passion is reading, writing and talking about economic policy. Joe studied writing at the University of New Hampshire and is now a freelance writer.

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Sunday post midnight move by Senate Democrats advances health care bill forward

Monday, December 21st, 2009 · 1 comment

On Monday at 1 a. m., Senate Democrats passed a motion to move their health care reform bill towards a vote for final passage, probably by the end of...
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Economist great Paul Samuelson dies at 94: he left his mark on all of us

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Paul Samuelson died Sunday, December 13, 2009. During the 1950s, 60s and 70s countless undergraduate students learned economics using his textbook,...
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Obama proposes repaid TARP funds for Main Street job creation programs

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 · 1 comment

To Main Street the message was "Help is on the way...Your economic vitality is just as important as anybody who lives or works or breathes on...
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Senate gets 60 votes to allow debate on health bill

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On Saturday night, November 21, the U.S. Senate Democrats got a filibuster proof 60 votes that will allow them to bring their version of health care...
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Unemployment rate tops 10 percent, Congress passes unemployment benefit extension

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Friday, November 06, 2009 that the national unemployment rate reached 10.2 percent during the month of...
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House announces health care reform bill which will cost you even if you don’t earn half a million

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On Thursday, October 29, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the fruits of her work in bringing together proposals from three different House...
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An up to date report on where we are on health care reform

The debate on health care reform is heading for a show down. We now have five major Congressional committees with completed reports on health care...
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H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009: A summary

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Most of us don’t have time to read the 1017 pages of the full health care reform House bill, so here is a summary by Moheb Ghali, an economist...
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Health care reform: We need a public health insurance option and that's not socialized medicine

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Health care reform: To paraphrase and revise a popular campaign slogan - it’s the fee for service system stupid - so we need a public health...
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Can a public health insurance option hold down spending, or will it lead to medicine by committee?

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Can a public health insurance option hold down health care spending? In a previous column I asked, “So if it is new and better medical...
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