Health care
Bending the curve: effective steps to address long-term health care spending growth, by Joseph Antos et al
Three keys to successful health care reform, by Sarah Bianchi
The truth about malpractice lawsuits, BusinessWeek
No, we can’t all get along on health care, by Jonathan Cohn
Reconciliation: why most Dems don’t want to go there, by Jonathan Cohn
8 questions about health care reform, by Ceci Connolly and Alex MacGillis
Americans still don’t trust government, but they could go for a health care plan like this, by William Galston
What health care reform really looks like, Health Care for America Now
Post-August public opinion on health-care reform, by Ezra Klein
Profit and the insurance industry, by Ezra Klein
The best argument against the public option, and the best counterargument, by Ezra Klein
The current thinking on reconciliation, by Ezra Klein
The new bipartisanship, by Ezra Klein
The public plan is not the same thing as cost control, by Ezra Klein
Changing health care by steps, by David Leonhardt
How a tax can cut health costs, by David Leonhardt
Medical malpractice system is expensive in all the wrong ways, by David Leonhardt
Lessons for Obama from Ted Kennedy’s noble flops, by Matt Miller
Issues that can sway the vote on health care, New York Times
Senate Finance Committee rejects public option, New York Times
Listen to your doctors, by Harold Pollack
Rating public and private health insurance, by Catherine Rampell
Your health care benefits, in charts, by Catherine Rampell
The lessons from history on health care reform, by Robert Reich
Why a trigger for a public option is nonsense, by Robert Reich
No country for sick men, by T.R. Reid
How much money do insurance companies make?, by Uwe Reinhardt
The case for killing granny, by Evan Thomas
Health reform’s missing ingredient, by Ron Wyden
U.S. economy
Leading indicators rise for fifth month straight, Associated Press
We can’t cut spending, by Bruce Bartlett
The wait for financial reform, by Alan Blinder
The next financial crisis, by Peter Boone and Simon Johnson
Forget the Tobin tax: there is a better way to curb finance, by Willem Buiter
Reflections on the causes and consequences of the debt crisis of 2008, by Menzie Chinn and Jeffry Frieden
Did the structure of banker pay cause the crisis?, by Tyler Cowen
Macroeconomic policy for a stronger recovery, by Brad DeLong
The financial crisis will change central banking more than many central bankers care to admit, The Economist
Tobin taxes: the wrong tool for the job, The Economist
Can the future be built in America?, by Pete Engardio
The case for a global central bank, by Jeffrey Garten
The financial crisis and America’s casino culture, by Peter Goodman
Did bankers’ pay add to this mess?, by Mark Hulbert
How did economists get it so wrong?, by Paul Krugman
Memories of the Carter administration, by Paul Krugman
Reform or bust, by Paul Krugman
The 4 percent solution, by Paul Krugman
Will we eventually have a true theory that’s as beautiful as the neoclassical one?, by Paul Krugman
Robert Shiller and the danger of metaphors, by James Kwak
Healthcare can get America working, by Michael Lind
What the economy needs now, by Lawrence Mishel
A rich uncle is picking up the borrowing slack, by Floyd Norris
Comparing this recession to previous ones: job losses, by Catherine Rampell
The Tobin tax lives again, by Dani Rodrik
In defense of financial innovation, by Robert Shiller
Reinventing economics, by Robert Shiller
Taking a chance on risk, again, by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Turner is asking the right questions on finance, by Martin Wolf
Why it is still too early to start withdrawing stimulus, by Martin Wolf
Why narrow banking alone is not a solution for finance, by Martin Wolf
Living standards, poverty, inequality, well-being
Obama outlines retirement initiatives, by Edmund Andrews
Income gap widens as poor take hit in recession, Associated Press
The real story on real wages, by Dean Baker
Broken laws, unprotected workers, by Annette Bernhardt, Ruth Milkman, and Nik Theodore
Great society 2.0, by Ryan Blitstein
Family income free fall, by Heather Boushey
CEO pay still out of sync, BusinessWeek
More coverage for domestic partners, BusinessWeek
Income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States: 2008, Census Bureau
Top 1% of Americans reaped two-thirds of income gains in last economic expansion, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Food workers increasingly exist in a legal limbo, by Nancy Cleeland
Report of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress
What’s really wrong with Wall Street pay, by Eric Dash
Some city governments are using their economic muscle to promote good jobs, by Peter Dreier
Lavish public spending on the well-being of children does not always hit the mark, The Economist
The recession’s racial divide, by Barbara Ehrenreich and Dedrick Muhammad
US families turn to food stamps as wages drop, Financial Times
Valuing unpaid work matters, especially for the poor, by Nancy Folbre
The good war and the workers, by Steve Fraser
Low-wage workers are often cheated, study says, by Steven Greenhouse
A modest proposal to end those outlandish bonuses, by Christopher Hughes
Wall St Journal wrong on economic inequality, by Bruce Judson
Out of work, and too down to search on, by Michael Luo
Which side is government on?, by David Moberg
Making ends meet on $21,834 a year, by Andrea Orr
Pensions, 1980 vs. today, by Catherine Rampell
New 2008 poverty, income data reveal only the tip of the recession iceberg, by Heidi Shierholz
A decent work agenda for the Obama administration, by Paul Sonn and Annette Bernhardt
Toward a better measure of well-being, by Joseph Stiglitz
Big nonprofit organizations have highly-paid leaders, USA Today (via Dean Baker)
Standing up for GDP, by Will Wilkinson
Environment
The new sputnik, by Thomas Friedman
Cassandras of climate, by Paul Krugman
It’s easy being green, by Paul Krugman
EPA moves to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, New York Times
If you want to save energy, leave the suburbs, by Witold Rybczynski
Taxes
View from Canada: the national sales tax, by Ian Austen
Fiscal responsibility requires higher taxes, by Bruce Bartlett
A tiny tax could do a world of good, by Philippe Douste-Blazy
Big government and housing, by Howard Gleckman
A virtuous tax, by Robert Kuttner
Big government: much bigger than you think, by Eric Toder
Globalization
Obama’s tariffs may be smart move after all, by Alan Beattie
Stupid tire tariffs, by Brad DeLong
Symposium on the collapse in world trade, Gary Hufbauer and others
Education
College education online, by Kevin Carey
Graduates in the US see the biggest pay benefit, Financial Times
Colleges are failing in graduation rates, by David Leonhardt
The college calculation, by David Leonhardt
Schooling pays off in more ways than money, by Philip Oreopoulos and Kjell Salvanes
Poor students at rich colleges, by Catherine Rampell
Teacher pay around the world, by Catherine Rampell
Housing
Ugly truths about housing, by Edward Glaeser
U.S. politics
“Government” still not popular, by Steve Benen
Do governments affect spending?, by Chris Dillow
Why bipartisanship matters, by Kevin Drum
What does the Congressional Budget Office do? Doug Elmendorf interviewed by Ezra Klein
Winning with the economy, or without it, by Stanley Greenberg
Job one, by John Judis
The case for filibustering, by Greg Koger
Roosevelt, the great divider, by Jean Edward Smith
Are the Republicans now officially a southern party?, by Joshua Tucker
Abroad
My preferred exile, by Tyler Cowen
Chinese century may be a long time coming, by Geoff Dyer
The anarchy of success, by William Easterly
Is Africa an exception to the rule that countries reap a demographic dividend as they grow richer?, The Economist
Japan’s election, The Economist
The strange chill in Chile, The Economist
Europe’s socialists suffering even in bad capitalist times, by Steven Erlanger
Germany’s election, Financial Times
From baby-sitting to adoption, by Thomas Friedman
Can liberalism be both opposed to imperialism and devoted to human rights?, by Richard Just
The Afghanistan abyss, by Nicholas Kristof
Child mortality rate declines globally, New York Times
America has passed on the baton, by Jeffrey Sachs
Norway’s election, by Joshua Tucker
Where the foreigners are, by Matthew Yglesias
Miscelleneous
Online archive of The Public Interest
Let the children play (more), by Stuart Brown
Wealthcare, by Jonathan Chait
What is conservatism?, by Tyler Cowen
Coming out in middle school, by Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Drug decriminalization: evidence from Portugal, The Economist
Presentations, Ignite-style, by Henry Farrell
The self-storage self, by Jon Mooallem
Why does tennis have fewer unique winners than golf?, by Hareesh Nagarajan (via Tyler Cowen)
The Daily Beast seeks to publish books quickly, New York Times
How to read a column, by William Safire
Are your friends making you fat?, by Clive Thompson