Health care
Ten ways to cut health-care costs right now, by Catherine Arnst
A milestone in the health care journey, by Ronald Brownstein
Mass appeal, by Jonathan Cohn
The House bill is “worse than nothing”? Really?, by Jonathan Cohn
We know how this debate ends. Or do we?, by Jonathan Cohn
What should we do instead of the Obama health reform bill?, by Tyler Cowen
Maybe a new day for doctors’ pay, by Robert H. Frank
The House public plan: yes, it’s worth it, by Jacob Hacker and Diane Archer
George Halvorson, Kaiser Permanente CEO, interviewed by Ezra Klein, parts one and two
Dutch view of choice in U.S. health care: it’s limited, by Gardiner Harris
Why is the Senate going to take so long?, by Suzy Khimm
An excise tax would raise workers’ wages by $313 billion, according to the Joint Tax Committee, by Ezra Klein
An insurance industry CEO explains why American health care costs so much, by Ezra Klein
Does health-care reform do enough on cost control? Interview with Jon Gruber, by Ezra Klein
Has the public-option fight been good for health-care reform?, by Ezra Klein
Health-care reform’s grand bargain, by Ezra Klein
Is a flawed health-care bill better than no bill at all?, by Ezra Klein
Is the weak public option bad politics?, by Ezra Klein
Why the Senate bill is better than the House bill on cost control, by Ezra Klein
Harry, Louise, and Barack, by Robert Kuttner
Falling far short of reform, by David Leonhardt
Making health care better, by David Leonhardt
The half-full health reform glass, by Maggie Mahar
A modest public plan, New York Times
Reform and medical costs, New York Times
A prescription for the healers, by Harold Pollack
Fighting the wrong health care battle, by Paul Starr
Skepticism on how well health bills cut costs, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Why we need an individual mandate, by Mark Thoma
Next battle for health care, by Matthew Yglesias
U.S. economy
Stimulus and jobs: we can do better, by Dean Baker
Threatening the Fed’s independence, by Alan Blinder
Counting the jobs produced by the stimulus, by Gary Burtless
New consensus sees stimulus package as worthy step, by Jackie Calmes and Michael Cooper
A macro policy catechism, by Brad DeLong
Basic background deficit math, by Brad DeLong
Slouching toward sanity, by Brad DeLong
Why are good policies bad politics?, by Brad DeLong
Are bankers worth their big paychecks?, by Justin Fox
Counting “jobs saved” by Obama fiscal stimulus, by Jeff Frankel
The roller coaster of economic indicators, by Jeff Frankel
Unending stimulus, or temporary stimulus followed by restraint?, by William Galston
The lost generation, by Paul Krugman
The phantom menace, by Paul Krugman
Too little of a good thing, by Paul Krugman
Recovery and debt: squaring the circle, by Robert Kuttner
Through a glass less darkly, by David Leonhardt
The GDP mirage, by Michael Mandel
A shaky start, by Mark Thoma
How to prevent the next financial crisis, by Mark Thoma
Will there be a new “normal” for unemployment?, by Mark Thoma
Worries about budget deficits and inflation: let’s avoid repeating our mistakes, by Mark Thoma
GDP data overstate the nation’s economic vigor, by Louis Uchitelle
Give us austerity and fiscal rectitude, but not quite yet, by Martin Wolf
Help small businesses hire again, by Mark Zandi
Living standards, poverty, inequality, well-being
Sociability predicts happiness, by Stefano Bartolini and colleagues (via Chris Dillow)
Taming the stock option game, by Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried
Pay controls once again, by Gary Becker
The case for a job-creation tax credit, by John Bishop
Can our shameful prisons be reformed?, by David Cole
49 million Americans report a lack of food, by Jason DeParle
Food Stamp use soars, and stigma fades, by Jason DeParle and Robert Gebeloff
Recession to leave permanent scars, by Chris Giles
The innovation administration, by Dana Goldstein
Job injuries are habitually underreported, by Steven Greenhouse
White House endorses paid sick leave bill, by Steven Greenhouse
Social isolation and new technology, by Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions, Eun Ja Her, and Lee Rainie
4 in 10 families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed, Institute on Assets and Social Policy (via Mark Thoma)
Is California finished?, by John Judis
The jobs imperative, by Paul Krugman
What’s wrong with America’s jobs policy, by Paul Krugman
A wake-up call on jobs, by Robert Kuttner
Job woes exacting a heavy toll on family life, by Michael Luo
The poverty trap, by Greg Mankiw
Concerns grow for new lost generation, by Sarah O’Connor
Pay caps for financial executives, by Richard Posner
Women earn less than men, especially at the top, by Catherine Rampell
Economy is forcing young adults back home in record numbers, by Sam Roberts
Obama has lost his way on jobs, by Jeffrey Sachs
Five myths about our land of opportunity, by Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins
Teenage jobs and the minimum wage, by Heidi Shierholz
Perceptions of crime and the economy, by John Sides
The internet and civic engagement, by Aaron Smith, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, and Henry Brady
Bankers are likely to reap millions from efforts to curb pay, by Louise Story
Mortgage delinquencies reach a record high, by David Streitfeld
Jobs now, deficit reduction later, by Laura D’Andrea Tyson
Open access needed, by Matthew Yglesias
Taxes
Financial transactions tax comes before value-added tax, by Dean Baker
The Europeanization of America, by Bruce Bartlett
The impact of state income taxes on low-income families, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Entitlement spending and the long-term budget outlook, by Douglas Elmendorf
Taxing the speculators, by Paul Krugman
How the tax code encourages debt, by James Surowiecki
Tax subsidies are subsidies, by Matthew Yglesias
Education
Why California’s tuition hike might be a good thing, by Ian Ayres
Dreams of better schools, by Andrew Delbanco
What the 2009 NAEP math scores tell us, by Lisa Guernsey
Inequality goes to college, set of articles in The American Prospect
Immigration
White House plan on immigration includes legal status, by Julia Preston
Environment
Obama offers targets to cut greenhouse gas, by John Broder
Is there a quick fix for the environment?, by Elizabeth Kolbert
Globalization
World out of balance, by Paul Krugman
Unions
Obama and the unions, The Economist
Trade unions’ decline around the world, by Catherine Rampell
The changing face of unions, by John Schmitt and Kris Warner
U.S. politics
Politicians have a lot of leeway in how they vote, by Andrew Gelman
The Senate’s health care calculations, by Andrew Gelman, Nate Silver, and Daniel Lee
Good governance, by Thomas Friedman
Why Americans hate to love government, by John Judis
Four ways to end the filibuster, by Ezra Klein
Paranoia strikes deep, by Paul Krugman
Does unemployment affect midterm elections?, by Seth Masket
Progressive values are dominant, but Americans lack trust in government effectiveness, by Nathan Newman
The staggering rise of the filibuster, by Robert Schlesinger (via Ezra Klein)
When did the Senate get so bad?, by Mark Schmitt
How the government can make us better at self-government, by David Villano
White men are not very progressive, by Matthew Yglesias
Abroad
What makes a nation rich?, by Daron Acemoglu
Free-market ideals survive the crunch, by Alan Beattie and Geoff Dyer
Economic parity remains a German dream, by Bertrand Benoit
The problem with half-measures in Afghanistan, by Stephen Biddle
Global hunger, by Javier Blas
Europe’s new president, by Stephen Castle and Steven Erlanger
Bringing war criminals to justice is a slow business, but the net is widening, The Economist
Lower fertility is changing the world for the better, The Economist
Sarkozy’s reforms, by Ban Hall and Peggy Hollinger
How can we help the world’s poor?, by Nicholas Kristof
China’s rise?, by John Plender
Whether or not it is good for Europe, it is very bad for Belgium, by Ingrid Robeyns
Public opinion two decades after the fall of the wall, by Joshua Tucker
Brazil’s Bolsa Familia scheme, by David White
Letter from Gaza, by Lawrence Wright
A third surge?, by Fareed Zakaria
Miscellaneous
The behavioral economics of Thanksgiving eating, by Ezra Klein
I opened a charming neighborhood coffee shop; then it destroyed my life, by Michael Idov (via Ezra Klein)
What’s next for macroeconomics?, by John Quiggin
Twilight of the op-ed columnist, by Paul Waldman
