Atomic Tests During the 1950s Probably Killed Nearly Half a Million Americans
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. You probably need something to cheer you up after the tax follies of this week. So how about a scholarly examination of how many Americans were killed by atomic bomb testing in the 50s? I think that should do the trick. Here’s the background. After…
Obamacare Headed For Record Enrollment
This is true, but only for the federal exchange. Many of the largest state exchanges are open for several more weeks. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This just came in from CMS: Exchange open enrollment for 2018 coverage ended w/ approx 8.8M people enrolling in coverage. Great job to the…
Quote of the Day: Nothing in Writing, Please
Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From a Palm Beach Post story by Christine Stapleton and Lawrence Mower about Donald Trump’s purchase of Mar-a-Lago in the early 90s: Trump’s promise couldn’t be in writing, Trump attorney Rampell told the council, according to meeting minutes…
Is Illegal Immigration Responsible for the Decline in Labor Force Participation?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Why are prime-age men dropping out of the labor force? And what can we do about it? A few days ago the Two Jasons tackled this question and came up with very different answers. Here is Jason Richwine criticizing Jason Furman: How about restricting low-skill…
Is “Medicare for All” a Winner for Democrats in 2018?
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Atrios says: Gotta Give People Something to Vote For The issue has never been annoying bernie bros who piss you off on the internet. It’s the vast number of people who don’t bother voting because why should they…. “Trump sucks”…
There’s No Reform in the Republican Tax Reform Bill
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Matt Yglesias writes today that, to the extent tax cuts have any effect at all, it’s only if people think they’re permanent. But with political polarization so strong, there’s no way that anyone can believe a tax change passed on a party-line vote is likely…