With American political polarization at historical highs, Peter Orszag argues the United States needs ways around its politicians.

The United States' fiscal future depends on whether the country can limit health-care costs.

Peter Orszag writes that the federal government can learn from the evidenced-based focus of some organizations that are targeting childhood obesity.

Peter Orszag writes that surprising growth of the nonprofit sector should prompt a closer examination of its tax exemption's budgetary impact.

Peter Orszag writes that economists' theories to explain the gap between jobs open and jobs filled have diverging implications for the speed of the labor market's recovery.

Peter Orszag wants regulators to watch out for excessive consolidation in local hospital markets as Medicare's shift to value-based payments puts pressure on health care providers to merge and raise fees for private insurers.

Peter Orszag argues that the Medicare payment board can act more nimbly than Congress to improve the quality and value of health care.

Peter Orszag writes that the Food and Drug Administration should aggressively implement its proposal to place cancer warnings on tanning bed promotional materials.

Peter Orszag writes that one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate is too small a time horizon to affect the decision-making of most businesses that would be subject to the penalty.

As more college-educated workers fill low-skilled jobs, Peter Orszag explains that declining demand for highly skilled labor and falling wages are to blame.

Peter Orzag and John Bridgeland suspect that scarcity will increasingly impact Washington's fiscal policy.

Peter Orszag writes that cities installing traffic cameras to curb speeding and impose fines may also be tempted to monetize the data that those cameras collect.

Peter Orszag explains that employment, in and of itself, may provide health benefits in the form of decreased rates of depression, increased mobility, and improved life expectancy as compared to those who are unemployed or retired.

Peter Orszag examines the puzzling demographic finding that the U.S. mortality rate falls by 0.3 percentage points for every one percentage-point increase in the unemployment rate.

Peter Orszag writes that Americans report feeling like they switch jobs and move to new states more often now than in the past, but data show that the rates of job changes and interstate migration have actually declined.

Peter Orszag writes that making cities more resilient to the challenges of stormwater runoff is a wise investment to minimize climate change-related damage.

Peter Orszag argues that giving health-care providers a fixed payment for each Medicare beneficiary could provide a path forward between competing views of health care reform offered by Republicans and Democrats.

Peter Orszag examines how cities could foster more public-private partnerships in infrastructure construction with revenue-based auctions.

Peter Orszag argues that switching to the chained consumer price index for calculating Social Security cost-of-living adjustments will not make as much of a difference as many seem to think.

Peter Orszag writes that the link between life expectancy and college completion is not well understood, but they appear to be related to growing income inequality.

Peter Orszag argues that low interest rates and high unemployment make today an ideal time to repair deteriorating U.S. infrastructure.

Peter Orszag writes that, although health care costs have been rising more slowly, recent data suggest Medicare spending growth may have sped up slightly in the past few months.