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Do We Care About Calorie Labels?
With the arrival of mandatory calorie labels at large establishments and soon at smaller ones, we can ask if their impact is predictable.
Where Education and Healthcare Could Be Better
The new World Bank Human Capital Index was created to encourage the leaders of 157 countries to improve their healthcare and education.
Six Facts: What Our Pet Spending Says About Us
Documented in the entertainment category of consumer expenditures, pet spending has increased at the same time that their names have changed.
Why Wedding Tickets Should (or Should Not) Be For Sale
By identifying the moral limits of markets, we can decide what should and should not be sold…like wedding tickets and high grades.
How the Gender Gap Affects Men’s Health
Another good reason for diminishing the size of the gender gap in Europe is the impact it will have on men’s health and their life expectancy.
Why There’s No Such Thing As Free Tuition
Approved by many of us, free tuition programs like the one at NYU Medical School create misdirected incentives that diminish their success.
Deciding Who Gets Medical Help During Disasters
Remembering Hurricane Katrina and the decisions one isolated medical staff had to make for patients, a group in Maryland has recommended triage tradeoffs.
A Surprising Way to Cut Healthcare Costs
Assume for a moment you are in a doctor’s office observing an examination. A 70-year old male patient enters pulling an oxygen tank and wearing a baseball cap. Because the doctor has been seeing him for two years, he knows…
Gender Equity for Saudi Women at Starbucks and Beyond
While today is the first day that Saudi women can drive legally, they still experience gender inequity at Starbucks and beyond.