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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

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Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Mercatus | Affordable Care Act Is a Raw Deal for Millennials
It's clear that millennials will be hammered by Obamacare, but most of the analyses wending their way through the media understate the negative impact the law will have on the cost and quality of health insurance for these 20- and 30-somethings. The problem is that Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act, takes money from a variety of pockets, and many or most of the flurry of analyses focus on insurance premiums in isolation.

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Economist | A Federal Reserve clown show
One concerns the revelation that three Fed governors, rather than the more vocal regional Fed presidents, led the push the begin winding down the Fed's programme of ongoing asset purchases.