This week’s economic news summary included looking at human capital from a health care and college perspective and at area codes as conspicuous consumption.
With some unintended consequences, a large self-insured employer cut health care spending by switching from free employee health care to a high deductible.
We have fewer price and quantity signals because agricultural production figures on certain crops and livestock were eliminated because of USDA budget cuts.
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