Michael Estrin
@michaelestrin
writer & podcaster in LA. people say I'm funny. don't believe them! came here to eat tacos and make better internet. one time, George Burns refused to work with me.
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owever, the U.S. population is sicker in ways that may increase the intensity of care required. OECD data indicate higher U.S. rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, and a larger share of the population with multiple chronic conditions. Recent research has explored the extent to which the U.S. spends relatively less on prevention and public... See more
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The U.S. should prioritise establishing centralised price negotiations for pharmaceuticals, similar to systems in Germany and the UK, to reduce drug prices. Implementing value-based care models can also help shif
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Yet America’s fiscal position is far more constrained today than ever before. The U.S. government is now in violation of Ferguson’s Law and is likely to move further beyond its crucial limit in the coming decades.
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History suggests that any sustained period when a great power spends more on interest payments than on military capabilities is likely to see its strategic rivals challenge its position. The tension between “guns and coupons” (as the interest-bearing parts of bonds used to be known) may also undermine its domestic stability, as governments try and ... See more
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China has more than 13 million EV-charging facilities nationwide, counting both publicly and privately operated ones, state media has reported. The U.S. has around 77,300 charging locations with about 230,000 EV-charging points in total, data
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Student Blog Series: Ethical Capital Partners: Pornhub’s New “Ethical” Owners - The Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation
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According to recent studies, the growing consumption of Internet pornography mainly in male population becomes an increasing problem, which is closely linked to compulsive sexual behavior. Some findings also suggest that Internet pornography consumption might represent a defense mechanism against excessive stress, which enables to cope with stressful events, helps in mood regulation, and decreases depression and anxiety. Users of online pornography involved in these activities also reported that their self-exposition to pornographic material may create guilty feelings and internal conflict in themselves with respect to their own “involuntary” sexual behavior, which suggest that psychosocial stress and possibly traumatic experiences may play a significant role in Internet pornography addiction. Taken together, these findings show that stressful experiences, anxiety, and depression are strongly related to pornography consumption. In addition, conflicting emotional experiences as well as identity problems significantly increase vulnerability to addictive sexual behavior and pornography consumption.
The canal is critical to the U.S. economy and trade. The U.S. is the largest user of the Panama Canal, with total U.S. commodity export and import containers representing about 73% of Panama Canal traffic, and 40% of all U.S. container traffic traveling through the Panama Canal every year. In all, roughly $270 billion in cargo is handled annually.
Panama Canal says shipping rebound is underway after record drought
The deal includes the bulk of CK Hutchison’s ports division, which produced 20% of the conglomerates earnings before interest and tax in the first half of last year and was the company’s third-biggest business. In its most recent results, the ports units outside of China and Hong Kong produced HK$17.8 billion ($2.3 billion) in first-half revenue an... See more