Economists' declaration on universal health coverage. Lawrence Summers, September 17, 2015, Opinion, "With the UN set to launch the bold…
Larry Summers: The Fed Could Hurt the Economy even if it doesn’t Raise Rates. Lawrence Summers, September 17, 2015, Opinion, "Today, the…
In recent decades the world has grown together in ways in which it had never been before. This integration is linked to a greatly expanded…
Why should developing countries buy expensive catastrophe (CAT) insurance? Abstracting from risk aversion or hedging motives, we find that…
Q&A: Lawrence Summers and Why It’s Too Early to Raise Rates. Lawrence Summers, September 16, 2015, Opinion, "Lawrence Summers, the…
Diets and Health: How Food Decisions Are Shaped by Biology, Economics, Geography, and Social Interactions. Ichiro Kawachi, September 16,…
Is the American Century over? Many seem to think so. In recent years, polls showed that in 15 of 22 countries surveyed, most respondents…
This study describes the philanthropic environment and illuminates the important and inspirational social investments of wealthy…
DNA ancestry testing may seem frivolous, but it points to two crucial questions: First, what is the relationship, if any, between biology…
Two of the best known randomized trials in health economics are described in detail in this chapter, the RAND Health Insurance Experiment…