Amy Finkelstein on Medicare rule impact on Rx prices vs private insurance bargaining power
op-ed: Ellora Derenoncourt and Claire Montialoux1966 broadening of minimum wage helped Blacks greatly
demand from hotels, able to pay higher prices
some generics not worth producing with cushion, vulnerable to supply disruption
long hour low pay jobs for aspiring climbers - tournament effect?
Analysis of proposed legislative deal
Krueger 2015-10-09 on danger of $15 min wage proposals: up to $12 ok: like GB
Shiller: illiquidity, including supply lags and inability to short sell, limits rational price movement
Upshot - Josh Barro - possible distortions by focusing on one industry - Katz and Baker quoted
bigger than expected - rising demand for spectrum
$20/hour at US chains due to broad labor agreements
congestion pricing contracts exploited by trading firms - some steep price spikes
op-ed: restrictions on book discounting may help culture
some fast-food chains aim for greater service - efficiency wage. McD spokesresponse
more court-apptd attorneys vs defendant vouchers as reform ideas
Porter: wage cuts, fewer unions, worker protections. More inequality
Norris: act reduced abuses with no apparent rate or fee hikes to compensate