The "China Shock" is revisited, and it raises questions about why economists failed to see the costs of free trade.

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Sheinbaum pointed out in November that drugs were a U.S. problem, but in December the Mexican military seized more than a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids ... hurt the oil and auto sectors On Monday ...

Real World Economics: Eliminating Social Security’s ‘windfall elimination’ would be an injustice St. Paul economist and writer Edward Lotterman can be reached at [email protected] .

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As a daily pill-taker, I’ve learned that the phrase “Out of sight, out of mind” holds all too true when it comes to staying on top of my medications. A pill case that looks and feels nice ...

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, ...

Clinical trials of the first drugs designed with the help of artificial intelligence could commence this year, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis suggested Tuesday. Speaking on a panel at the World ...

The study could have implications for insurance providers, patients and pharmaceutical companies that produce benzodiazepines like Valium. The research is relevant given that nearly 23% of U.S ...