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HICKS: 'Scooby Snacks' and the great American giveaway
November 24, 2012
Mike HicksIt would be surprising if we could not today identify a good many folks who rely on government largesse in lieu of hard work.
MoreHICKS: Thelma and Louise approach the fiscal cliff
November 17, 2012
Mike HicksReaching an agreement on our budget deficit requires one or both sides to concede central parts of their arguments.
MoreHICKS: Inspired leader needed to survive next big crisis
November 10, 2012
Mike HicksThe potential for widespread municipal bankruptcies and the effective bankruptcy of as many as a dozen states will present
historic difficulties for the nation, and much will depend on effective leadership from the president.
MoreHICKS: The problems with polling and predictions
November 3, 2012
Mike HicksJust days before a presidential election, there’s no doubt we will be bombarded with poll results and election models
designed to predict winners and losers. It is useful to explain how these work without technical jargon.
MoreIU economists predict more of the same in 2013
November 1, 2012
Scott OlsonThe economy in 2013 is likely to mirror the slow-growing one of this year, economists from Indiana University’s Kelley
School of Business predicted Thursday morning. And it could be even worse.
MoreHICKS: Some additional clarity on gender and pay
October 27, 2012
Mike HicksThe facts by themselves offer no cause or understanding of the issue, much less an explanation of potential policy interventions.
MoreHICKS: Is family composition an economic issue?
October 20, 2012
Mike HicksThe proximal causes of poverty—dropping out of school (one in five kids) and single parenthood (two in five kids)—are
best described as failures of families.
MoreHICKS: No lying, just bad news, in U.S. job numbers
October 13, 2012
Mike HicksLet me dispel the myth of a conspiracy to rig unemployment numbers. I have two reasons to know these data are not contrived.
MoreHICKS: Bernanke sheds light on Fed during Indy speech
October 6, 2012
Mike HicksFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke in Indianapolis on Oct. 1, and I was lucky enough to sit with a group of smart
folks during his talk. I found three elements particularly interesting.
MoreHICKS: Immigration brings hope to the Midwest
September 29, 2012
Mike HicksNo new business employing U.S. citizens will heal urban decay in many Midwestern cities.
MoreHICKS: Teach teachers to value performance evaluations
September 22, 2012
Mike HicksIf schools are to get better—and they must—we’ll have to ask more of teachers, parents and students as well
as taxpayers.
MoreHICKS: Corporate greed an easy target for criticism
September 15, 2012
Mike HicksA reader recently suggested that I write a critique of corporations akin to that offered for unions. That is a fine idea,
so I will begin with a couple of points:
MoreHICKS: Global slowdown makes its way to Wyoming
September 8, 2012
Mike HicksFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently spoke of a slowing world economy at the annual fete of world economists in
Jackson Hole, Wyo. His speech was the typical measured prose of someone whose choice of adverbs has the capacity to send markets
diving. However, to an experienced listener, two interesting tidbits emerged.
MoreHICKS: Observing the transformation of unions on Labor Day
September 1, 2012
Mike HicksIn this column, on a sunny Labor Day five years past, I asserted that the American labor movement was dead. Given what has
transpired since, it would appear my diagnosis was a bit optimistic.
MoreHICKS: The arts matter ... when art lovers are free
August 25, 2012
Mike HicksThe measurement of value in an artistic endeavor will always lie in the hearts of men and women.
MoreHICKS: College diplomas are worthless, but education priceless
August 18, 2012
Mike HicksThis week, students are arriving at my university and others. I believe this is a good time to say something both provocative
and nuanced: A college diploma is virtually worthless.
MoreU.S. economic recovery weakest since World War II
August 16, 2012
Associated PressThe recession that ended three years ago this summer has been followed by the feeblest economic recovery since the Great Depression.
Growth has never been weaker in a postwar recovery. Consumer spending has never been so slack. Only once has job growth been
slower.
MoreHICKS: All this clucking over chicken reveals fallacies
August 11, 2012
Mike HicksThe hullabaloo over gay marriage and Chick-fil-A exposes three astonishing falsehoods of modern political economy that distract
us from weightier issues.
MoreHICKS: Reflecting on a half century of economic growth
August 4, 2012
Mike HicksThis summer marks the 50th year of Walmart, America’s manned space exploration and—youthful appearances notwithstanding—your
columnist.
MoreHICKS: Short-term fixes unlikely to ease downturn
July 28, 2012
Mike HicksAlmost all the economic forecasts that appear monthly or quarterly have been revised downward, some for the third time. And
the smallest tidbit of good news dominates the news cycles without moving financial markets
MoreHICKS: Job creation, destruction not mutually exclusive
July 21, 2012
Mike HicksI am always saddened and more than a bit disappointed when I hear politicians promise to create jobs.
MoreHICKS: To tax or spend? That is the question for government
July 14, 2012
Mike HicksThere is a great (and vituperative) disagreement on government’s role in stabilizing a recession.
MoreHICKS: Smart cuts won't hit all government workers
July 7, 2012
Mike HicksFew governments, and none in Indiana, can now afford to continue doing things the private sector does.
MoreHICKS: EU crisis makes bad U.S. job market look good
June 30, 2012
Mike HicksMake no mistake: 150,000 new jobs ain’t good news.
MoreHICKS: Here's hoping for taxes for all Americans in 2013
June 23, 2012
Mike HicksI believe we ought to raise taxes to finally end the soothing falsehoods that surround our tax policy—especially what
are called the Bush tax cuts.
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A couple of thoughts on some of the information presented here from someone with a bit of experience in this area: First, Does anyone remember a time in the past 35 years when insurance premiums DIDN'T increase? They increase every year. The more rigorous rate review requirements of the Affordable Care Act (effective in 2011) have likely caused those increases to moderate as they have averaged below 10% for the past few years, down from much higer averages in prior years. Second, Oregon will operate a state-based Exchange. Recently, they were one of the first states to release their proposed (not yet reviewed by regulators)premium rates -- our first view of Exchange rates. After 2 insurers saw their competitors' rates, they pulled theirs back and re-submitted LOWER rates. In my nearly 10 years as a state insurance regulator, and two years as a federal regulator, I don't ever recall an insurer voluntarily lowering its rates. THAT'S the kind of transparency and competition the online marketplaces (Exchanges) will bring about. 3) ...and this is just a random thought: A big concern among health policy experts is the capacity of the primary care provider community to handle the happy fact that a large number of individuals will be newly-insured under the Affordable Care Act. With the system being stretched so thin for INSURED individuals, It seems highly doubtful that more than a very few "cash-and-carry" physicians will be able to survive in the new, improved healthcare system. Sally McCarty Center on Health Insurance Reform Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
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