Bankrupt Health Care
Study: Big Hospitals Contribute to High Prices

The role of hospital consolidation in high health care prices is coming under more scrutiny.

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Rise of the Right
Twilight of the Elites

The rise of the political right in Europe signals a potentially enduring change in public sentiment that could reorder the core tenets of the European project.

Corruption in Brazil
President Rousseff Strikes Back?

Brazilian police raided the home and office of lower house President Eduardo Cunha and other elected officials this morning, looking for evidence of corruption.

Blue Model Blues
Chicago Teachers Gird for Another Strike

With its deepening pension crisis, failing school system, and corrupt administration, the Windy City is quickly becoming a face of blue model failure.

Crude Economics
Oil Flirts with 11-Year Lows

Brent and WTI crude benchmarks neared 11-year lows yesterday before mounting a tepid recovery.

Smart Green Tech
Tech, Not Treaties, Will Save the Planet

The Paris climate treaty included some aspirational climate goals that can only be reached courtesy of technological breakthroughs.

Blue Model Blues
The New York Bubble

New York’s decline isn’t at all inevitable, or even necessarily likely, but the winds which have blown New York so far are starting to change direction.

Bankrupt Healthcare
Obamacare Premiums to Rise 7.5 Percent

Even the generally Obamacare-boosting Vox delivered its readers some bad news about the Affordable Care Act today.

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The Miracle in Myanmar: What’s Next?

Aung San Suu Kyi and her party now control Burma’s parliament, but their work is just beginning.

Japan & India: BFFs
Japan and India Sign Raft of Deals

India and Japan need to get their own houses in order before the partnership can reach its true potential.

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