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The Joy of Facts

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He found that there are four basic models: private insurance, government run health care, public insurance, and out of pocket. leads the world in health expenditures as a percentage of GDP at 16.5%. Posted by: Pisac | November 01, 2010 at 12:21 PM Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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Health Reform Lessons from Mexico

Harvard Business Review

A major effort launched in 2003 will provide health insurance to everyone before the end of this year. The reason: half of the population lacked health insurance. By December of 2010, 40 million people were enrolled in it, and the country is on track to achieving the goal of universal coverage this year.

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What Greece Has to Do Now: Fix Its Economy

Harvard Business Review

As for its official debt to the EU, the ECB, and the IMF, it consisted largely of payments that were made to pass through to EU financial institutions, between 2010 and 2012, so that the Eurozone banks and insurance companies would not be imperiled. So, clemency on loan terms might make procedural sense.

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The Hidden Costs of Cash

Harvard Business Review

About 12% of the federal budget in 2012 supported programs that provide aid (other than health insurance or Social Security benefits) to poor families. Such government safety net programs kept some 25 million people out of poverty in 2010.

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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared. All rights reserved.

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We Can’t Undo Globalization, but We Can Improve It

Harvard Business Review

According to our analysis , trade accounted for only 20% of net manufacturing job losses in the United States between 2000 and 2010. its ratio of exports to GDP, has been rising slowly for decades but remains significantly lower than in the European Union, China, and India. Retraining does not involve a one-size-fits-all approach.

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What Alan Greenspan Has Learned Since 2008

Harvard Business Review

It’s true of GDP. Greenspan asked me to check that, and the actual line from the article was pretty close: “Asked in 2010 about those who warned that housing prices would crash, he responded, ‘Right. The dot-com boom when it collapsed, you can’t find it in the GDP figures in 2001, 2002. It didn’t happen.