A Dash of Insight

Patients and Surgery -- and a Chance to Smile

A reader suggests that to understand health policy, one needs to see issues from the viewpoint of the medical profession.  We missed this helpful video when it circulated last year, but perhaps some of you did as well.

Yoram Bauman on the Financial Crisis

At the recent American Economic Association convention, PBS interviewed three economists:  Joseph Stiglitz, Kenneth Arrow, and Yoram Bauman.

If you do not recognize the last of these authorities, check out the video.  Here's a hint about the content.

What are the three most dangerous words in the English language?  "Macro-economists all agree...."

and so forth.