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An extra brief TTR this week, because I'd rather be outside. Plus, we're in between spring and summer interns. On that note, much thanks to our Spring 2009 crew: Josh Linden, Jake Blumgart, and Malcolm Kenton. On to the thinking...
- "Health Care reform can cut deficits." This report from the Center for American Progress makes the definitive argument that cost-saving measures can be an important part of health-care reform. Here's how to save hundreds of billions of dollars.
- "City on a what now?" The good folks at the Center for Economic and Policy Research observe that the U.S. is now ranked fourth-from-last in the OECD's unemployment measures, suggesting that perhaps we should reconsider the benefits of the U.S.' "flexible" employment model.
- "Back to the U.S.S.R.? [PDF]" One oft-unpleasant comparison made to the current conflict in Afghanistan is the Soviet occupation of the country in the 1980s, which ended up being a significant defeat for the U.S.S.R. and hastened its demise as a polity. Now, Bruce Reidel, who headed up the Obama administration's Af-Pak policy review, has written a piece for the CTC Sentinel, published by West Point, that compares the Russian experiece and our own. Very interesting reading for anyone keeping tabs on Afghanistan, via the always informative Abu M.
-- Tim Fernholz
