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Offering a taste of life in New York’s biggest law firms, the University of Miami has asked newly-admitted first-years to defer their start date. Too many students decided to accept their admissions offers, apparently because the job market is so poor.

Some argue that America’s health care costs are driven by an undersupply of doctors, in particular general practitioners. O.E.C.D. data shows that the United States has a higher number of general practitioners per 1,000 people than the average O.E.C.D.-member country.

How is it that multimillion dollar losses don’t convince players not to dope? Is it even possible to design a punishment that would successfully deter players from doping?

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The easy monetary policy at the end of 2008 has set up our economy for inflation, but the timing depends in part on how investors behave, an economist writes.

Many American companies do not offer health insurance to their employees.

An economist writes about a new book on the economics of piracy.

An economist responds to a question about how the government can take on a commitment to cover the uninsured when health care costs are already rising at an unsustainable rate.

A look at why the United States’ private pension funds have fared worse than those in most other countries.

A free-trade advocate examines the edict attached to China’s stimulus policy.

In considering the budget problems plaguing states like California and Illinois, it’s fun to the ponder local flora and fauna. But the real problems lie underneath: the frayed partnership between states and the federal government.