| View on the Web. |  | Friday, May 31, 2013 | |  |  | | WonkPM is your afternoon update of the latest posts on Wonkblog. WonkPM is a supplement to your morning Wonkbook newsletter. If you'd like to opt-out from receiving WonkPM, please click here. |  | May should have been a harrowing month to be a Bitcoin investor. To recap: On May 2, one of the best-funded Bitcoin start-ups, Coinlab, sued the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, for breach of contract. The contract gave Coinlab the right … Continue reading →
Okay, after an unfortunate delay last week… we’re back! With any luck, everyone’s read Part II of Ira Katznelson's, "Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time" by now. So let's discuss in comments. A few highlights from the book … Continue reading →
Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here. Check back every Monday, … Continue reading →
Where do the greenhouse gases that are now heating up the planet come from? Ecofys has a massive new flowchart breaking down man-made emissions by source and sector worldwide: The much, much bigger version is here, and it’s worth a … Continue reading →
How would you like a deal where you get to take on a meaningful risk of losing money for a whopping 2 percent annual return? That's the conundrum that has faced U.S. bond investors for most of the last five … Continue reading →
Consider this your sequel to the incredibly well-received goats screaming like humans. You’re welcome, world.
Here’s the big takeaway from the new report: Slower health care cost growth has improved Medicare’s financial outlook, extending the program’s trust fund to last until 2026, two years later than forecast last year. For those who prefer a 280-page … Continue reading →
Jason Trigg went into finance because he is after money — as much as he can earn. The 25-year-old certainly had other career options. An MIT computer science graduate, he could be writing software for the next tech giant. Or … Continue reading →
There was a time when all anyone in Washington wanted to talk about was "bending the health-care cost curve." Forget covering the uninsured — the ultimate test of the Affordable Care Act would be the trajectory of health-care costs. But Washington has … Continue reading →
Thursday, we took a look at the new CBO report on tax expenditures. Now, our colleagues on the graphics team have put together a very cool interactive that lets you examine, tax break by tax break, which groups get what:
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