A very Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers out there! In a recently completed article titled “The Allocation of Permits in U.S. Climate Change Legislation”, Daniel Karney and I analyze the allocation of permits for a cap-and-trade plan...

The Baltimore Post presents: “The Benefits of the Bird.” “Get into an L-tryptophan-tastic Mood. Did you know that eating turkey can improve you mood and calm you down? Among other nutrients, turkey is rich in an amino acid called L-tryptophan, which...

Deep within the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” – the short title of the 2000+ page health care bill winding its way through the Senate – is a provision that came from legislation previously known as the CLASS Act.  The CLASS...

This week the United States Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel appointed by the Department of Health and Human Services to create guidelines for preventive care, revised the recommended screening regimen for breast cancer.  The New...

Last Friday, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced that its deficit had doubled over the past year.  The PBGC is the government agency that insures defined benefit (DB) pension plans in the U.S.  While this doubling of the...