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Troy Tassier's Newsletter: At the Margin
A newsletter striving for health equity in an unequal world. At the Margin sits at the intersection of economics, healthcare, epidemiology, poverty & inequality. It's meant to bother and inspire in equal parts. Follow me on Twitter & Bluesky: @TroyTassier
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Enslaved Women, Crash Test Dummies, and Native American Mortality
The Potential Long Arm of the Assault on DEI
How ignoring race becomes racist.
A lesson from the history of real estate.
Screw Covid, I'm going to Sturgis.
Troy Tassier is a professor of economics at Fordham University and the author of The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus: How Our Unequal Society Fails Us during Outbreaks.
Stop looking at economic averages!
The downtrodden economy isn’t about feelings, we’re simply looking at the wrong data.
When hallucinations become real
My weekend adventure to invalidate a Gemini hallucination.
Maps of Sorrow and Lessons not Learned
Comparing health equity in the 19th and 21st centuries.
The Floating Embers of a Measles Outbreak
Troy Tassier is a professor of economics at Fordham University and the author of The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus: How Our Unequal Society Fails Us during Outbreaks.
Religion and Measles: The words journalists are afraid to combine
Troy Tassier is a professor of economics at Fordham University and the author of The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus: How Our Unequal Society Fails Us during Outbreaks.
The $348 Billion Healthcare Handout to the Rich
The GOP only targets health insurance subsidies received by people who lack wealth.