The First Count of Fentanyl Deaths in 2016: Up 540% in Three Years
The first governmental account of nationwide drug deaths in 2016 shows overdose deaths growing even faster than previously thought.
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Credit The Cost of Hurricane Harvey: Only One Recent Storm Comes Close
Comparing more than 200 billion-dollar natural disasters since 1980.
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The August Jobs Numbers Are Weak. Don’t Blame Trump.
The numbers highlight a widely made mistake in how we have been talking about the economy since Inauguration Day.
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The Long-Term Health Consequences of Hurricane Harvey
Analysis of previous natural disasters shows survivors will need attention and care far into the future.
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What's Fair?
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CreditElizabeth D. Herman for The New York Times One Effort to Close the Gender Pay Gap Won’t Get a Try Under Trump
The Trump administration has reversed an Obama-era rule that would have required companies to be more transparent about pay. But would it have helped?
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CreditChip Somodevilla/Getty Images Which Statues Need to Come Down? You Decide
The line between history's heroes and villains is hard to draw. Where would you put it?
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Credit Houston May Get 50 Inches of Rain. How Long Does It Take Your City to Get That Much?
Use this interactive tool to see how long it has taken to accumulate 50 inches of rain across the United States.
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Pricing a Disaster
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CreditBrendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Markets Are Signaling That Hurricane Harvey Won’t Crush the Economy
Examining how a disaster can affect the overall economy, we see why financial markets and economic forecasters are relatively sanguine.
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CreditJessica Ebelhar/The New York Times Why Medicare and Medicaid Can Outmatch Private Plans on Cost
Good news: The medical system doesn’t seem to discriminate by insurance status. Bad news: The value of care is hard to influence by adjusting prices.
