One, by Edward Lazear of Stanford University Business School, found that workers installing car windscreens increased their productivity when they were put on piecerates rather than on fixed wages.
While politicians--especially the new administration--focus on rapidly rising health care costs, one rather important piece of good news is that hospital inpatient mortality rates are plummeting.
At his press conference yesterday, President Obama said it is nearly impossible to raise taxes on the wealthy (a key piece of his fiscal strategy) without increasing their tax rates.