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How Data Transparency Can Help Fight COVID-19
To help make better-informed decisions about coronavirus, governments should be publishing comprehensive, machine-readable data sets.
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Examining Yavapai County and How Pension Debt Drives Rising Costs for Arizona Municipal Governments
Yavapai County’s total payments to ASRS and PSPRS have skyrocketed from about $587 thousand per year in 2001 to over $8 million in 2018.
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Public Health Officials Far Too Often Ignore the Costs and Trade-Offs Involved In Policy Decisions
Public health theorists typically ignore that their proposed interventions have costs.
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Examining the City of Bisbee and How Pension Debt Drives Rising Costs for Arizona Municipal Governments
The city of Bisbee's total payments to ASRS and PSPRS have skyrocketed from about $100,000 per year in 2001 to over $1.6 million in 2018.
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COVID-19 Market Volatility Adds New Intensity to the US Virgin Islands’ Pension Crisis
The Virgin Islands is no more than a few years away from being unable to pay benefits to retired pensioners.
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Be Worried About the Economic Costs COVID-19 and Shutdowns Are Having on Workers and Small Businesses
It’s very plausible that the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a global depression.
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COVID-19 Crisis Shows Governments and Private Companies Spent a Decade Being Fiscally Irresponsible
We pretended the economy would never experience another shock, downturn or recession.
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It’s Time to Free the Pharmaceutical Market From Government Control
It’s the government’s fault that drug prices are so high.
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Examining the Town of Queen Creek and How Pension Debt Drives Rising Costs for Arizona Municipal Governments
The town of Queen Creek's total payments to ASRS and PSPRS have skyrocketed from about $146,000 per year in 2001 to over $2 million in 2018.