Why Start-Up Businesses Cannot Solve the Unemployment Problem
I am a big fan of Thomas Friedman, so I avidly read everything he publishes. In the April 4, 2010, Sunday’s [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/opinion/04friedman.html]New
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Challenges in Reducing Costs Under the New Health Insurance Reform Legislation
Recently, I published a lengthy blog responding to Congressman Chris Murphy, a blog in which I took the position that the national health insurance reform legislation was flawed because it simultaneously increased the
What Happens When Jobs Collide With Health
The title of this blog is meant to provoke thinking about a fundamental dilemma that elected officials in any democracy face: when serving the public broadly means that jobs of a small number
What really motivates people
The recent tragic suicide of Dave Duerson, a great professional football player, who made a conscious decision to end his life in a way that enabled his brain to be donated to Boston
Rethinking home ownership
In the March 5-11 issue of [https://www.economist.com/node/18281764]The Economist [https://www.economist.com/node/18281764], there was an article entitled “The Perils of Property.” [https://www.economist.com/
A Surprising Parallel Between Baseball Fans and Health Care Patients
Recently, I re-read Michael Lewis’ great book Moneyball, which, on the surface, is a book about baseball, and, particularly about Billy Beane, the General Manager of the Oakland Athletics. Lewis, who wrote books