The FTC's strategy of asking the media to screen out deceptive advertising stopped working when the advertising went elsewhere.
Think America has the world’s best health care system? You won’t after seeing this chart.
No matter how you measure it, we're losing way more years of life to disease.
America’s trade deficit is shrinking. Thank fracking.
Here's why the domestic energy boom is helping reduce global financial imbalances
Extreme cold kills more people than leukemia, homicide and liver disease
The number of annual deaths attributable to cold temperature is 27,940 or 1.3% of total deaths in the US.
Congress is debating unemployment benefits. Here are seven things they should know.
A broader look at why long-term unemployment is still a disaster.
About 80 percent of hip doctors have no idea how much a hip replacement costs
Guesses ranged from 1.8 percent of the actual price to 24.6 times the actual price.
Obamacare’s launch was bad. But many programs for the poor are worse.
Have you heard what happened to Georgia's food stamps program?
Five Conservative Reforms Millennials Should Be Fighting For
These five conservative policies will create an economy of which young Americans can be proud.
Wonkbook: The price of Obamacare obstructionism
What if the states had cooperated?
The best sentences we read today
"Prices are in dollars and cents, but when you pay, the stores round up and give you your change in store credit, phone minutes, or lollipops."
It’s official! Janet Yellen is the next Federal Reserve chair.
Now that she's been confirmed, here's what you need to know about the woman who will lead America's central bank starting Feb. 1.
Did AT&T just create a pay-for-play mobile Internet?
Three companies have agreed to start subsidizing your data usage. Here's what that means.
Good news! Health spending as a share of the economy is shrinking.
But economists still aren't sure whether that decline is here to stay.
Can global warming be real if it’s cold in the U.S.? Um… yes!
Since this keeps coming up, let's go back to basics.
The battle of the anecdotes: Gird yourself for Obamacare’s newest fight
Obamacare is going great. Or it's going terribly! It all depends on which anecdote you pick.
This is the biggest challenge Janet Yellen will face as Fed chair
Why the prospective Fed chief should read Larry Summer's op/ed in today's Post.
Getting married makes female economists poorer and male economists richer
The growth of female economics PhDs has stagnated in recent years -- and single ladies earn more than married ones.
Has Obamacare really signed up 10 million people?
It'll be awhile till we can say with certainty how many people have gotten insurance coverage through Obamacare.
From unemployment to the farm bill: Here are 7 things Congress has to do this month
Plus: Avoiding a government shutdown, confirming Janet Yellen, dealing with 55 expired tax breaks...
Medicaid is Obamacare’s biggest success. But neither side wants to talk about it.
It’s “the biggest ACA success story that has not yet been told,” says Ron Pollack.