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Category: Saturday Links

Saturday Links

Posted on March 25, 2023March 25, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Did you know that commercial airlines have to obey a speed limit?
  • Digital therapies that sought FDA approval are expensive and in a regulatory morass. Is there a non-FDA approach that is possible?
  • How worried should we be over a drug resistant fungus?
  • Views on AI’s risk to humanity.
  • Scott Sumner’s take: the worry is not that an intelligent AI will destroy the world. It’s that a depressed person will use AI to destroy the world.
  • A different view of the Waco tragedy – one more sympathetic to the Branch Davidians.
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Saturday Links

Posted on March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Health officials and governors in more than half the country are now restricted from issuing mask mandates and school closures.
  • The 42% of adults who are obese costs the US health system 173 billion dollars a year, including cardiovascular disease, cancers, depression, breathing issues, and skeletal issues. Despite this, 98 percent of Americans do not receive treatment for their obesity.
  • Greg Mankiw: “The Biden administration faces a trilemma: They would like to (1) increase spending on programs they consider important, (2) not raise taxes on those making less than $400,000 a year, and (3) put fiscal policy on a sustainable path. But the stark reality is that they can have only 2 out of the 3.”
  • A defense of Vinyl chloride. (despite the dead fish)
  • IRS: 42K federal workers are cheating on their taxes.
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Saturday Links

Posted on February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • Study: GoodRx often beats Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs on low prices.
  • In the past century, human heights have skyrocketed. Globally, humans grew an average of about 3 inches. In South Korea, women grew an astounding 8 inches and men grew 6 inches on average.
  • Near 100% marginal tax rates for the wealthy and a return to the 35%  corporate income tax would not be enough to save Social Security and Medicare. (NYT)
  • Democratic senators want the Biden administration to close down short-term insurance plans by reinstating Obama’s executive order. (gated)
  • Study: Because of burnout, workload, and other stresses, 20 percent of physicians and 40 percent of nurses say they plan to leave their practice within two years.
  • There are actually such things as lazy ants – but they serve a purpose.
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Saturday Links

Posted on February 18, 2023February 19, 2023 by John C. Goodman
  • The (health ) case against homelessness.
  • Lead poisoning is a worldwide problem.
  • The negative relationship between obesity and income is almost entirely driven by women. The relationship between income and weight is flat for men.
  • Finally the press gets its comeuppance in the Columbia Journalism Review for promoting the Trump-Russia hoax.
  • JAMA study: Medicare Advantage plans have higher quality and lower cost than traditional Medicare.
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