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Healthcare dominates the job market.
/0 Comments/in Blog: Healthcare, Blog: Healthcare Transparency, Blog: Transparency, Healthcare, Middle Cities/ Urban /by Etelson AlciusHealthcare and social assistance are among the most important services; but did you know the category is also one of the fastest growing? Luckily for us, there’s no shortage of workers in this important industry. According to Masseconomix, the sector grew by 34 percent since 2004 in Massachusetts. So what are the counties that are seeing the most and least growth in this sector? Figure 1: Sector Growth 2004 and 2020 As shown in Figure 1, the healthcare and social assistance sector was the commonwealth’s leading employer in 2004, and the trend has since accelerated. In 2004 the sector employed 538,081, and it rose to 722,988 in 2020, a near 35 percent increase. For perspective, healthcare and social assistance […]
Looming Budget Crisis Reveals MBTA’s Dependency on Federal Funds
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: Better Government, Blog: Economy, Blog: MBTA, Blog: Transparency, Blog: Transportation, Economic Opportunity, News, News: Transportation, Transparency /by Joseph StaruskiThe MBTA is about to lose federal funding at a critical moment when ridership has not yet recovered. Will the state make up the difference?
Drug Cost Disruption: Direct Generic Access Can Save Consumers Billions
/in Featured, Healthcare, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffHubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with Dr. Hussain Lalani about his recently published research on the potential for more than $3 billion in savings were Medicare to use Mark Cuban’s new direct-to-consumer drug company to purchase generics.
Mei Xu on the Slow Burn to Success
/in Economic Opportunity, Featured, JobMakers /by Editorial StaffThis week on JobMakers, host Denzil Mohammed talks with Mei Xu, immigrant from China and founder of Chesapeake Bay Candle, which was acquired by Yankee Candle parent company Newell Brands for $75 million. Mei describes the journey to entrepreneurship, including a rough start, with dashed dreams and miserable timing that forced her to create opportunities for herself. Today, she seeks to empower women business owners around the world, to show them that they too can expand economies and horizons with a little guidance.
Lead Plaintiff David Carson & IJ Attorney Arif Panju on Landmark SCOTUS Decision Carson v. Makin
/in Civil Rights Education, Civil Rights Podcasts, Featured, Podcast, School Choice /by Micaela DawsonThis week on “The Learning Curve,” co-hosts Gerard Robinson and Cara Candal talk with Arif Panju, a managing attorney with the Institute for Justice and co-counsel in the U.S. Supreme Court school choice case, Carson v. Makin; and David Carson, the lead plaintiff. Panju shares the key legal contours of Carson v. Makin and the potential impact of the Court’s decision in favor of the plaintiffs.