published Dec 14, 2017, 7:48:06 PM, by Adam Haigh (Bloomberg) — Stocks in Asia declined and the dollar headed for its first weekly drop this month as investors assessed messages from Federal Reserve and European Central Bank meetings this week and amid lingering concerns about the Republican tax overhaul package.

published Dec 6, 2017, 10:00:09 AM, by Justin Fox (Bloomberg View) — The U.S. is exceptional, and therefore an outlier in lots of international comparisons. Our incomes are high and our taxes are low, which is good. But our health-care bills are astronomical and our infant mortality rate is awfully high, too (for a wealthy country),