Topic: Domestic Policy

Macro amateurs, micro geniuses?

Simon Wren-Lewis says the coalition's austerity is a “major macroeconomic policy error.” It's difficult to imagine the government ever...

Healthcare in Massachusetts

So long as we are going to give free medical care to people who show up at a hospital without insurance, it's only common sense to force everyone...

Doctors in Oman go on strike for an hour Saturday — and Sunday

Doctors at government-run hospitals in Oman went on an hour's strike Saturday to press for their long-standing demands to improve health facilities...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to consume a certain brand of milk that may be contaminated with cleaning products.. . ...

Our health care tops in Canada

Tweet . It's common to hear doom and gloom reports about the burgeoning cost of Canada's medicare program. So, for a change, here's a success story ...

Cloudy With a Chance of Weapons and Gold

A report from a semi-annual machine gun festival, held just this side of Fort Knox.. . The machine guns roared, pouring tens of thousands of...
Inflation. Deflation. Rehypothecation. Bad rap lyrics, or the poetry of finance? You can judge for yourself when you finish this first installment ...

BC-US--Obama-College Costs,98

BC-Obama-College Costs,98 January 28, 2012 09:07 GMT . . College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan By KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer ...

Number of the Week: Dismal New Home Sales in 2011

2.5: The number of new single-family homes sold per 1,000 households.. . New home sales in 2011 hit their lowest level on record, but it's...
Waukesha, WI, January 28, 2012 -(PR.com)- Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), one of the largest utilities in the United States, has taken...