Economix Blog: Uwe E. Reinhardt: Currency Unions in the United States and in Europe

Uwe Reinhardt is a Princeton health-care economist, a longtime member of the Institute of Medicine and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Economix blog. I spoke to him earlier today about the cost controls in the bill.

The United States might learn a good deal from Germany's approach to health care insurance, which provides both a broad net and significant individual choice, an economist writes.

I?m sorry Professor Reinhardt but no, this just isn?t quite on. I refer to this which you?ve just had published in the Economix blog at the New York Times. This: Your explanation of these figures is as follows: The third chart, below, exhibits the growth path of real G.D.P. per capita in the United States ...

Those looking for a reason for a sinking Euro and falling stock markets today just may find the answer in a Spiegel Interview with German Constitutional Court Judge Udo Di Fabio who says "It's a Mistake To Pursue a United States of Europe". SPIEGEL: Didn't the court's decision on the Lisbon Treaty in effect place strict limits on further European integration by banning the transfer of important political powers from Germany to the EU?

Analysis of differing approaches to unemployment insurance and its duration in the United States and Europe has not yet found an optimal length, an economist writes.

David Corn describes the premise of a new online game:

Marc Flandreau writes: