[ExI] government corruption

[Stathis Papaioannou]

2009/2/25 PJ Manney <pjmanney at gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> According to Forbes and Foreign Policy, regardless of their varying
> criteria, the top five countries all have relatively successful public
> health systems:
> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4025
> http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/07/health-world-countries-forbeslife-cx_avd_0408health_slide.html
> Note how Forbes tries their damnedest to lay the success purely at the
> feet of "cultural lifestyle" -- it's part of the story, but that
> doesn't explain things like Iceland's lowest infant mortality rates,
> etc.

The Fat Defence is sometimes raised: Americans have a lower life
expectancy despite a better health care system due to lifestyle
factors. But see this article:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/health/australia-worlds-fattest-nation/2008/06/19/1213770886872.html


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Stathis Papaioannou