One of the prominent economic debates to emerge during the coronavirus outbreak has been about how long to continue with shelter-in-place measures that are hurting the economy but, hopefully, slowing ...

The Trump Administration’s weakening of regulatory benefit-cost analysis vests unequal power in executive review.

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An economic analysis is a process in which business owners gain a clear picture of the existing economic climate, as it relates to their company's ability to thrive. Economists, statisticians, and ...

Report after report has documented the warning President Trump received about the growing threat the new coronavirus posed to the U.S. But Trump remained defiant, reports say, seeking to settle the ...

Health economics provides a framework for evaluating the allocation of limited resources in healthcare, ensuring that interventions not only deliver clinical benefit but also represent optimal use of ...

THE AIRLESS nooks under a man’s foreskin are a cosy spot for microbes. These can inflame the surrounding skin, helping viruses such as HIV to spread. In places where the disease is common and ...

On November 9, the Office of Management and Budget issued a revised Circular A4 giving agencies guidance on the conduct of cost-benefit analysis. I know it is hard to write a more boring first ...

When President Trump said in late March he didn’t think the economic devastation from stay-at-home orders was a good trade off for avoiding covid-19 deaths, tweeting, “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE ...

If a tree stands in the forest, and there’s no economist around to tabulate its benefits to humans, do those benefits still exist? Critically, the healthier our natural environment, the more — and ...