1 However, given the relative magnitude of healthcare expenditures in the US,2 the importance of employer-provided health insurance (EPHI) in the labor market,3 and the considerable burden entitlement programs already place on government budgets,4 the expansion of Medicare to all individuals in ...
Scepticus - I don't argue that the tech industry has any real cronyism problem. Monocultures are fleeting and constantly under threat. But this is not the case in finance and healthcare certainly and probably in a few other industries I don't have personal knowledge of. More than 30% of...
Japan’spost-WWIIbabyboomandsubsequentfertilitydropresultedinasharp demographictransitionwithlargesideeffects.Anagingworkforcedepressed economicgrowthinthe1990sto1-2%,aboutactualperformance;the1987-91 “bubble”andpoormonetaryandfiscalpolicywereofsecondaryimportance.The shiftingpopulationstructurealsoaffectedsavingsandinvest...
By creating a recession and reducing the firm’s access to internal funds, the firm will be forced to outsource financing, which in turn will increase the firm’s costs. This ultimately forces the firm to reduce its investment costs and thus exacerbates the recession. In the study by ...
Food producers, healthcare providers, medical equipment suppliers, tourist-related companies, and semiconductor firms have suffered. This paper considers several steps that could help these sectors to recover. Keywords: Malaysia; stock market exposures; foreign direct investment; the COVID-19 pandemic; ...