The Non-fiction Feature: The Politics of Medicaid by Laura Katz Olson
The Memoir Spot: Cost of Living by Emily Maloney
The Product Spot: KFF – Medicaid 101
Author Archives: pithysummary
KFF – Medicaid 101
A recent and useful primer on Medicaid and its impact.
The Politics of Medicaid
An examination of how Medicaid came to be, and the political and monetary forces that shape it today.
Cost of Living
Essays about the very guts of the medical industrial complex, and the many struggles that our healthcare system forces upon its patients.
Pithy Summary – Bulletin #52
The Non-fiction Feature: Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
The Children’s Spot: Endlessly Ever After by Laurel Snyder and Dan Santat
The Product Spot: stickK
stickK
Understanding that there’s a big difference between having a goal and achieving it, stickK bridges this distance using loss aversion and accountability.
Endlessly Ever After
A beautifully illustrated book that’s also a fun way for kids to explore the impact of their choices.
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
A clearer view of how the world is put together, how it functions, and how we can nudge each other for the better.
Pithy Summary – Bulletin #51
The Non-fiction Feature: Presumed Guilty by Erwin Chemerinsky
The Memoir Spot: Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino & Ronald Cotton & Erin Torneo
The Product Spot: Innocence Project
Innocence Project
The Innocence Project works to exonerate those who have been wrongly convicted, by using DNA testing and other types of post-conviction relief.