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Annual costs related to billing and insurance estimated to exceed $400 billion.

With LSC funding effectively 70 percent lower than it was in 1981, the program is unable to meet critical needs of lower-income families.

Though engaging marketing has shifted consumer preferences on a range of products, people tend to think that preferences for traditional suburban neighborhoods are set in stone. Advertisers say they’re wrong.

Despite the fact that revenues in many states are recovering, budget cuts that were once described as undesirable but unavoidable are being left in place (or even exacerbated) as numerous state legislatures opt to double down on tax cuts.

In U.S., less political muscle expended on battling structural causes of poverty than on fighting “intrinsic evils.”

Cities’ use of “spatial tactics” such as exclusion zones at upcoming political conventions and NATO summit risks muffling dissent, critics say.

Health care experts said that, by focusing narrowly on reducing costs, policy makers may be neglecting the broader potential of health technology to improve the quality of care.

U.S. pension funds could play a powerful role in shaping financial markets. But they tend to act more like passive customers than dealmakers.

Do economics departments exclude diverse perspectives and fail to foster critical thinking skills? A dozen prominent economists confront the charge.

Economics departments: limited range of courses at the advanced level; reliance on "chalk-and-talk" pedagogy.

It's the corporate tax reform mantra these days — at least on the Democratic side of the aisle. But serious questions have been raised about the underlying premises, fiscal prudence, and ultimate revenue neutrality of proceeding concurrently.