[ExI] How to get a healthy country

[J. Andrew Rogers]

On Oct 16, 2007, at 11:11 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> There are some situations where
> the free market does not do the best job of allocating resources, and
> health is one of them, along with education, law enforcement, and
> defence.


Odd.  Public universal education in the US (a 20th century invention)  
did not significantly improve educational outcomes but it *massively*  
increased cost.  Far more tax dollars are spent on education than  
defense, but an argument could be made that the latter has been much  
more efficient at producing results.

Cheers,

J. Andrew Rogers