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...With Functioning Kidneys for All
Surely we can find enough kidney donors for those who need transplants. But doing so will require creativity, boldness, and a sense of urgency—and experimenting with controversial ideas like donor chains and financial incentives.
The Gift-Card Economy
For some people, spending just doesn’t come naturally—especially in a recession. Behavioral economists have a solution
Macroegonomics
Economic policy makers thought they had tamed the business cycle. Not quite. Let’s hope their hubris doesn’t get in the way of our economic recovery
Left: Shaun Heasley/Reuters/Corbis; Right: Adam Hunger/Reuters/Corbis Defending “My Drug Problem”
Virginia Postrel’s March article on the availability of cancer drugs sparked enormous reader response, much more than the print magazine’s Letters to the Editor section could accommodate. Here she responds to some common criticisms from those letters.
My Drug Problem
The cancer drug Herceptin saved the author’s life. It also cost $60,000. Would health-care reform put it, and other expensive new drugs, out of reach?
Mark Hooper
