Beware of Falling Trees: The Best and Worst Jobs in America
Lumberjacks are celebrated in folklore (hello, Paul Bunyan) and in song (hello Monty Python), but as a career choice lumberjacking leaves something to be desired. At least according to the Jobs Rated...
View ArticleFacing up to the Ethical Dilemmas in the Healthcare Debate
Policy experts complain that America has been slow to address its long-term economic problems – and unrealistic when such issues are actually discussed. But there has been even greater evasion and...
View ArticleThe Top Ten Fastest-Growing Industries in America
The past ten years haven't been the most robust for the U.S. economy, to put it lightly. It began inauspiciously with the bursting of the dot-com bubble and ended in a financial crisis and tepid...
View ArticleWhy Obamacare Should Be Redesigned, But Not Repealed
Last week’s vote by the House of Representatives to repeal President Obama’s health care plan was the 33rd such attempt – and just as unlikely to have any real effect as the previous 32 votes. In fact,...
View ArticleDon’t Nap On This: Why The Business of Sleep Will Keep Booming
One day, when smog-free cars run on sea water and every loophole in the tax code has been closed, the entirety of humanity will be in such a glorious state of physical fitness and spiritual bliss that...
View ArticleTylenol and the Legacy of J&J’s James Burke
James Burke received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000 and was named one of history’s 10 greatest CEOs by Fortune magazine in 2003. But it was for his handling of the Tylenol tragedy back in...
View ArticleThe Pessimist’s Guide to Surviving the Fiscal Cliff
Optimism has been growing that Democrats and Republicans will be able to reach a budget deal that brings the deficit down to a sustainable level while avoiding a recession. A lot of investors appear to...
View ArticleWhy the Fiscal Cliff is the Wrong Thing to Worry About
When asked what it was like living through the German bombing of Crete during World War II, British novelist Evelyn Waugh replied that it began impressively enough but went on far too long. The same...
View ArticleFixing Inflation Adjustments Is the Smart Way to Shrink the Deficit
Let’s face it: There’s no way to reduce America’s budget deficit that won’t hurt someone, and that pain can’t be limited only to the rich. A payroll tax, passed in 2010, is scheduled to expire at the...
View ArticleFour Misconceptions About Taxes and the Deficit
In all the negotiations to prevent the fiscal cliff from hurting the economy, potential compromises keep coming apart over the issue of raising income tax rates, especially on high earners. Income...
View ArticleIs Herbalife a Pyramid Scheme, the Target of Market Manipulation, or Just a...
Australian money manager John Hempton has called the battle between investor Bill Ackman and nutritional-supplement company Herbalife “hedge-fund porn.” There is indeed something vaguely obscene about...
View ArticleGet Well Sooner—And Cheaper: Two Medical Insiders Pull Back The Curtain on...
Healthcare spending dominates U.S. political and economic debate these days, for good reason. The rising cost of medical care isn’t simply a threat to our nation’s fiscal health. It is also, in the...
View ArticleWhy We’re Spending So Much on Botox, Makeup and Facelifts
Last year, Americans spent more on products and procedures to make our faces look better. The reason? Well, it may seem counterintuitive, but experts say the lackluster economy is part of the reason...
View ArticleList Price = Joke Price: 4 Examples of How Original Prices Are Meaningless
When almost no one pays full price, what does “full price” even mean? From cars to college to health care, consumers today are surrounded by huge markdowns—which, when you think about it, wouldn’t...
View ArticleWeird Money: 9 Odd Factoids from Recent Consumer Surveys and Studies
Ever wonder which alcohol brands are most popular … among consumers who are too young to buy alcohol? Is daylight savings harmless, or does it cost us hundreds of millions of dollars annually? And most...
View ArticleWhy the Drugstore May Be the Last Place You Should Buy Prescription Drugs
When consumers need to get a drug prescription filled, they tend to turn to the neighborhood drugstore. Understandably so. But if drugstores were honest, some prescriptions would come with a special...
View ArticleUm, You’ve Actually Been Able to Order 100% Legit Viagra Online for Years
News broke this week that for the first time ever, the drug manufacturer Pfizer has started selling Viagra directly to patients via the Internet. The pitch is that the new online sales channel will...
View ArticleOnline Pharmacy Crackdown Shutters 1,677 Websites
U.S. and international regulators have seized more than $41 million in illegal medicines worldwide and shut down 1,677 websites as part of their ongoing fight against counterfeit drugs sold over the...
View ArticleWhat Obamacare Means for Corporate Retiree Insurance Coverage
The news that Time Warner and IBM are changing retiree health-insurance benefits has some claiming the moves are proof that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is drastically eroding the employer-based...
View ArticleFast-Food Workers Are Costing the U.S. $7 Billion a Year in Public Aid
Those cheap fast-food prices conceal a huge hidden cost—even if you never pull into a drive-thru. New studies by the University of Illinois, University of California, Berkeley, and the National...
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