Sunday, July 27, 2014

Wildly different prices suggest US health care must heal itself

Read my Newsweek column on the crazy pricing of health care services. Perhaps Obamacare's greatest achievement will be making health care pricing a bit more transparent.

The typical household, now worth a third less

Read my New York Times Datapoints column in today's paper. The numbers are a bombshell. The rich may be getting richer but the vast majority of Americans aren't standing still, they're actually getting slaughtered financially. An economic system where only a few win while the majority loses is broken.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Watch my video at the 92nd Street Y

Watch my Two Numbers column on the rise of gmail produced by the 92nd Street Y

You're half the person you used to be

Read my Newsweek 2 Numbers column on how much wealth the typical American family has lost due to the Great Recession. It's staggering!

Porkage Fees

Read my Newsweek Two Numbers column on why wine costs so much in restaurants. It's a little window into the way the market works.

Choices abound in an ETF Boom

Read my Datapoints column in Sunday's NYT on the hottest area of the market.