Misconceived market forces
The NEJM continues its focus on Obama’s health reforms this week by carrying an article on ‘market-orientated’ health policy. For me, though, it’s as misconceived as the Department of Health’s latest...
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The Holy Grail of EU-US free trade will remain just that
Like the Holy Grail and the Elixir of Life, a Free Trade Agreement between the USA and the EU sounds almost too good to be true. And like each of them, that hyperbolic promise is just enough to lead...
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Chinese solar panels win – everyone else loses
Over the weekend, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht capitulated in the trade war with China over the pricing of solar panels. The ‘war’ began when European solar panel manufacturers (mostly Germans)...
View ArticleLamb fleshes out NHS integration pioneer plans
In an interview on Friday with the Health Service Journal, Care Minister Norman Lamb outlined more about the plans he announced in May for “integration pioneers”, which will seek to forge ways to bring...
View ArticleThe Fate of the Union: Obama’s legacy and the US ‘cost of living’ crisis
The common complaint of politics is that there is no longer any difference between the choices of party realistically on offer. I have never really thought much of that opinion, even while Labour was...
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