Pulse: US


A Case Study of the Costs of Rate Reregulation: America’s Freight Railroads versus Shipper Industries

The railroad industry can give us some singular insights into the conditions, costs and benefits of economic regulation, and today’s essay is for those interested in those insights.

Overcoming Medical Orthodoxy (Part 2): Reinventing Medical Education

This is the second article in a two-part series on reimagining American medical education and ongoing physician training.

Overcoming Medical Orthodoxy (Part 1): The Origins of Dysfunction

This is the first article in a two-part series on reimagining American medical education. This article details the limitations of the current models in training doctors to combat chronic disease and practice value-based care. Part 2 illustrates innovative approaches to training medical professionals through the lens of four new medical schools. These schools have developed innovative approaches for training medical professionals to manage the health of distinct populations holistically and cohesively.

Cracks in the Foundation, Part 2: Overcoming Healthcare’s Artificial Economics

This piece is the second in a series of six columns in which David Johnson addresses five structural defects undermining nonprofit healthcare. He outlined all five defects in the first column of the series, which debuted in hfm in February 2022.

The first thing to do when you’re stuck in a ditch is to stop digging.

The Day After: Planning for China Scenarios that Profoundly Alter the Strategic Environment

This work examines the strategic implications of the incorporation of Taiwan into the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under three scenarios.

Healthcare Over the Rainbow (Part 2): The Allegory

The commentary explores the intricate economic synergies linking broad digital exchanges with branded digital platforms.

Does A Weak Yen Really Help Japan?

Korea Grows Better Than Japan Without A Weak Currency Crutch

Conventional Wisdom is Wrong: Americans Are Better Off Even AFTER Inflation

The reason the conventional wisdom doesn’t seem right is because it’s wrong: The incomes of most Americans, adjusted for inflation, increased in 2021.

It’s The Payment Models, Stupid! Maryland Leads The Way, Part 1

On February 9th and 10th, Health Affairs published a two-part article by Zeke Emanuel, Merrill Goozner, Matt Guido and me on Maryland’s unique payment model and its potential applicability to other states. (Part 1, Part 2) For reasons that will become obvious, we took inspiration from an extremely influential 2003 Health Affairs commentary with the provocative title, “It’s the Prices Stupid.”

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