Bloomberg View Has Arrived!

Bloomberg View--the highly anticipated new section of Bloomberg News--launched on Wednesday! It will feature OpEds, opinion pieces, and regular columnists covering economics, politics, finance... and science! (That's where I come in). I'm thrilled to be joining such a talented team of writers including Jonathan Alter, Ezra Klein, Peter Orszag, and so many more.

Go take a look! My first column will appear next month and you can expect topics to range from oceans and energy to astrobiology and neuroscience. Here's a sample of what's at Bloomberg View today:

Oil, Religion and Women in the Workforce by Amity Shlaes

Why do Middle Eastern countries have so few women in their workforces? Is religion to blame? Or, perhaps, is oil? Michael Ross of UCLA investigates in an interesting study.

His bottom line: "petroleum perpetuates patriarchy."

To Fix Health Care, First Try Rewarding Failure by Ezra Klein

Tim Harford has an unusual fear about government failure. He’s not worried that the government fails too often. He’s worried that it doesn’t fail often enough.

Sharing Costs Is No Way to Fix Medicare by Peter Orszag

Many Republican policy makers appear conflicted about the budget plan put forward by the House Budget Committee chairman, Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. They are torn because they like its substance, but believe it is bad politics, especially among elderly voters. In truth, the substance is not particularly appealing either.