[ExI] Transhumanism and Politics

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 13/02/2008, Damien Sullivan <phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:

> Hopefully I've been scooped, but:
> http://mindstalk.net/socialhealth
>
> or you can check NationMaster health statistics, for a check (though
> there's a good chance they hark back to the same sources I do.)

Yes, the striking thing is not just that the US is in most measures
near the bottom, but that the US spends around 50% more than other
developed countries to achieve this. It isn't consistent with the
theory that free enterprise will provide either better quality or
greater efficiency than the socialised or quasi-socialised
alternatives.




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Stathis Papaioannou