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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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Unemployment rate tops 10 percent, Congress passes unemployment benefit extension

Friday, November 6th, 2009 · 2 comments

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

Friday, October 30th, 2009 · 2 comments

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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Hard questions for Obama on health care spending and reform

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For effective health care reform, President Obama needs to confront our rising spending on health care. To do this, he must face the real drivers of...
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For reform Obama needs to confront this question: How to curb the growth in health care spending?

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If the present trends in the growth of U.S. national income and the amount we spend on health care continue, health care expenditures will eat up more...
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States differ significantly in how hard they are hit by recession: A letter from Arizona

A letter from a colleague, economist Walter Miklius, who now lives in Arizona, reminds me of how hard the recession has hit some areas of the country...
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Government Motors - now that's Socialism

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President Obama won’t nationalize big insolvent banks, but he is about to own General Motors. The President has thus far ruled against...
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