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Health Economics Part II – Insurance

Tom Spencer

In part one of my series about health economics I gave an overview of the drivers of demand in the medical care market. Imagine a charity is looking to book a local hall to hold a bake-sale or some such event for its members. Thus, here is a brief interlude to talk about tort law.

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Did Trade with China Make U.S. Manufacturing Less Innovative?

Harvard Business

The main case for trade, though, was always that it would improve overall welfare by allowing a greater variety of products to be produced more efficiently. If this new paper shows anything, it’s that we can’t just assume that more competition and open markets will deliver new ideas. Under the right circumstances, they can.

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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

The principal goal of the Bretton Woods System was to create an efficient foreign exchange system in order to promote trade and economic growth while at the same time preventing countries from engaging in competitive currency devaluations. Since most advanced economies have adopted a freely floating exchange rate (e.g.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Management Consulted

and status of financial commitments – commitments like sales orders, purchase orders, payroll, inventory, shipping, and taxes. In May 2002, PwC announced PwC Consulting would branch off to be its own independent entity and would have their own CEO to run the global firm. Banking & Capital Markets. in cash and stock.

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The Real (and Imagined) Problems with the U.S. Corporate Tax Code

Harvard Business

based corporations make up a disproportionately high share of the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world’s most important corporations (in terms of profits, assets, market capitalization, or sales). It is not efficient or equitable, and it does not raise as much revenue as it should. Further, U.S. There is no doubt that U.S.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business

“How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolized?” have grown more concentrated in the past 20 years, meaning that the biggest firms in the industry are capturing a greater share of the market than they used to. The result is that large firms are gaining market share.