Reuters

Now that the fever of the opioid crisis may be breaking, Americans can revisit some of the stories we have told ourselves about the role of prescription medication in the crisis, writes Sally Satel.

Twenty20

Price transparency in health care can be achieved by establishing a required pricing list for services and the use of reference-based payments, explains James Capretta.

AEI

Kenneth Pollack gives his take on the factors behind the poor performance of Arab militaries and what could be done to change it.

Twenty20

Despite the steady positive news in the monthly jobs report, a recent talking point, oft-repeated, is that too many people are holding two or three jobs to make ends meet, writes Aparna Mathur.

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Stephen Oliner et al. find that the shift reflects a combination of increased bank demand for jumbo loans and higher government-sponsored enterprise guarantee fees.

Twenty20

Jason Delisle and Preston Cooper find that it is rare for a country to design a higher education system that combines high attainment and well-resourced schools with high government subsidies.