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It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the world. In this episode of The Pie, Matt Notowidigdo, Professor...

When some US states allowed nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances without physician oversight, a serious unintended consequence took hold:...

The US corporate sector’s “carbon burden” (the present value of social costs of its future carbon emissions) is 131% of...

Bats are considered a natural pesticide. When they began to die out due to an invasive fungus, farmers turned to...

Private equity investors made some $200 billion worth of healthcare acquisitions in 2021, and $1 trillion worth in the 10...

Nudging energy prosumers to conserve via a home energy report reduces their energy consumption, with significant variation across seasons and...

During pandemics, rapid vaccination can significantly reduce mortality, economic losses, and societal disruptions. Vaccine manufacturers often lack incentives to expand...

Private equity’s influence on hospital performance includes permanent improvements in hospital patient volumes and revenues, reductions in full-time employees, restrained...