Best of the Week: December 6-12, 2009 From the Editor's Desk Jan 1 Written By 10. The Demons That Haunt the Pakistanis -- Sabrina Tavernise 9. Show Workers the Money: Rising Health Costs Take a Bite Out of Raises -- Ezra Klein 8. Opening Medicare, Sooner The Better -- Jonathan Cohn and Insurance 'Just Like Members Of Congress'? Think Again. -- Suzy Khimm 7. Why I Prefer French Health Care -- Matt Welch 6. The Relationship Between Budget Deficits, Fed Independence, and Inflation -- Mark Thoma 5. Iran Is No Existential Threat -- Hillary Mann Leverett & Flynt Leverett 4. A Partisan Post, You Have Been Warned -- James Kwak 3. Why Federal Regulators Closed Washington Mutual -- Kirsten Grind 2. Myth vs. Reality on the Copenhagen Climate Summit -- Andrew Light, Rebecca Lefton, & Daniel J. Weiss 1. How the Senate Bill Would Contain the Cost of Health Care -- Atul Gawande BONUS: Diplomacy That Will Live in Infamy -- James Bradley Andrew LightAtul GawandeDaniel J- WeissEzra KleinFlynt LeverettHillary Mann LeverettJames BradleyJames KwakJonathan CohnKirsten GrindMark ThomaMatt WelchRebecca LeftonSabrina TaverniseSuzy Khimm
Best of the Week: December 6-12, 2009 From the Editor's Desk Jan 1 Written By 10. The Demons That Haunt the Pakistanis -- Sabrina Tavernise 9. Show Workers the Money: Rising Health Costs Take a Bite Out of Raises -- Ezra Klein 8. Opening Medicare, Sooner The Better -- Jonathan Cohn and Insurance 'Just Like Members Of Congress'? Think Again. -- Suzy Khimm 7. Why I Prefer French Health Care -- Matt Welch 6. The Relationship Between Budget Deficits, Fed Independence, and Inflation -- Mark Thoma 5. Iran Is No Existential Threat -- Hillary Mann Leverett & Flynt Leverett 4. A Partisan Post, You Have Been Warned -- James Kwak 3. Why Federal Regulators Closed Washington Mutual -- Kirsten Grind 2. Myth vs. Reality on the Copenhagen Climate Summit -- Andrew Light, Rebecca Lefton, & Daniel J. Weiss 1. How the Senate Bill Would Contain the Cost of Health Care -- Atul Gawande BONUS: Diplomacy That Will Live in Infamy -- James Bradley Andrew LightAtul GawandeDaniel J- WeissEzra KleinFlynt LeverettHillary Mann LeverettJames BradleyJames KwakJonathan CohnKirsten GrindMark ThomaMatt WelchRebecca LeftonSabrina TaverniseSuzy Khimm