Deficit-reduction advocates assess proper limits of bond market power
To curb excesses, could capital controls again limit the ability of skittish bond investors to flee?
S&P: do what we want and no one gets hurt
The faux commercial from SNL's early days was directed at Big Oil. Now, some economists wonder whether bipartisan focus on "reassuring investors" holds U.S. democracy hostage.
Warnings of doctor shortage go unheeded
Missed this when first reported? Despite a looming public health crisis, lawmakers have yet to seriously address the problem of physician supply. And because it takes a long time to train a doctor, the window to act is closing fast. Also see "Nurses to the rescue?" and "Recruiting of foreign doctors."
Nurses to the rescue?
With little action being taken to deal with an increasing shortage of physicians, some say that expanding the scope-of-practice of advanced practice nurses can help fill the gap. Others insist that, in the long-term, the U.S. needs to ramp up production of both doctors and nurses.
Recruitment of foreign physicians: a zero-sum equation?
Some propose to increase U.S. dependence on foreign doctors to address the physician shortage and argue that quality concerns can be addressed. Others say that the U.S. already relies heavily on foreign MDs, and question the ethics of that policy. And there is another issue: will a "temporary" solution have the potential to harden into a permanent arrangement?
GOP advances in attempts to "repeal" climate science
Joined by some center-right Democrats, GOP shows strength of anti-EPA, anti-science forces in Congress.
New interactive tool puts tax rates into historical context
As Tax Day looms — and as Obama and GOP compete to cut tax rates — new tool helps make clear who has had to pay what since 1945.
A new deficit narrative?
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) is seeking to change a deficit dialogue that focuses on cutting programs with a new bill that would raise $78 billion to preserve them by increasing tax rates on the wealthy.
If it's broke, why not fix it?
In 2007, New Jersey created a commission that promised a path to streamlining its inefficient patchwork of municipalities. But that entity has been defunded before it had a chance to fulfill its mission.
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