Posted by Michael F. Cannon on June 21, 2010
By Michael F. Cannon
Last week, The New York Times published an article subtitled, “In Desperately Poor Rwanda, Most Have Health Insurance.” The main theme was the contrast between Rwanda’s compulsory health insurance system and the as-yet-non-compulsory U.S. health insurance market:
Rwanda has had national health insurance for 11 years now; 92 percent of the nation is covered, and the [...]
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Posted by David Boaz on May 20, 2010
By David Boaz
Indur Goklany’s great book, The Improving State of the World: Why We’re Living Longer, Healthier, More Comfortable Lives on a Cleaner Planet, has been cited this week by both John Tierney and Andrew Revkin in the New York Times.
But neither of them really says much about it. Don’t bother with the articles, just go buy [...]
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Tags: Cato Publications, doomsayers, Energy and Environment, environment, life expectancy, natural resources, optimism, pollution, standard of living |
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