Today’s recommendation is a relatively brief article that presents some great insights into the challenges of making consumer-driven health care a more central part of efforts to reform the health care system as a whole. The article, “Talk to the Invisible Hand” by Darshak Sanghavi, discusses the various reasons why the health care marketplace is… [Read more…]
September 18, 2009
The seeds of the next economic boom may be in today's contraction of the financial sector, as talented individuals seek work in other areas of the economy.
August 27, 2009
My recommended reading for this weekend is an article by media executive David Goldhill that appears in the most recent edition of The Atlantic. The provocative title of the piece is How American Health Care Killed My Father. The editors of the magazine introduce the article as follows: After the needless death of his father,… [Read more…]
July 31, 2009
Today’s Marketplace Scratch Pad blog points readers to an opinion piece in the Financial Times which I’m guessing will elicit some strong responses from at least some of the people who read this blog. Entitled “America’s healthcare should no longer be tied to jobs,” management consultant and author Matt Miller argues forcefully for the idea… [Read more…]
July 17, 2009
Peter Singer's New York Times Magazine article, "Why We Must Ration Health Care," brings a nuanced, and sophisticated approach to the question of how we, as a society, decides what health care expenditures should be paid for from the public purse.
May 21, 2009
Well, my original plan for putting out a Weekend Reading post every week hasn’t quite come together (yet), but I hope to be more consistent in the coming weeks and months. In any case, I highly recommend an article from New York magazine entitled In Defense of Distraction by Sam Anderson. The article examines the… [Read more…]
October 2, 2009
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