The Cost Disease (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
272
Utgivningsdatum
2013-09-24
Förlag
Yale University Press
Medarbetare
de Ferranti, David (contributions)/Malach, Monte (contributions)/Pablos-Mndez, Ariel (contributions)/Tabish, Hilary (contributions)/Wu, Lilian Gomory (contributions)/de Ferranti, David (contributions)/Malach, Monte (contributions)/Pablos-Mndez, Ariel (contributions)/Tabish, Hilary (contributions
Illustratör/Fotograf
20 b-w illus
Illustrationer
20 b-w illus.
Dimensioner
198 x 130 x 18 mm
Vikt
295 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780300198157

The Cost Disease

Why Computers Get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn't

av William J Baumol
Häftad,  Engelska, 2013-09-24
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Why are the costs of health care and higher education rising so dramatically? How can we keep them affordable for lower- and middle-income American families? The exploding cost of health care in the United States is a source of widespread alarm. Similarly, the upward spiral of college tuition fees is cause for serious concern. In this concise and illuminating book, the well-known economist William J. Baumol explores the causes of these seemingly intractable problems and offers a surprisingly simple explanation. Baumol identifies the "cost disease" as a major source of rapidly rising costs in service sectors of the economy. Once we understand that disease, he explains, effective responses become apparent. Baumol presents his analysis with characteristic clarity, tracing the fast-rising prices of health care and education in the United States and other major industrial nations, then examining the underlying causes, which have to do with the nature of providing labor-intensive services. The news is good, Baumol reassures us, because the nature of the disease is such that society will be able to afford the rising costs.
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"A provocative and timely critique of the fallacies in the conventional wisdom that we can no longer afford good education and decent health care."Sir Harold Evans, author of They Made America -- Sir Harold Evans Its a testament to Professor Baumols lucid prose, though, that economists and noneconomists alike will find it easy to grasp his surprisingly comforting argument for why we shouldnt panic. . . .This book is a quick read, packed with charts and case studies. But it is the authors command of storytelling that makes it not just digestible but also enjoyable.Amy Wallace, The New York Times -- Amy Wallace * The New York Times * Health-care costs are huge, and still rising. Based on current trends, in 2105 US health care will consume 62% of our national income. And this is nothing to worry about. How can this be? Relying primarily on simple logic and storytelling, NYU economist William J. Baumol lays out the answer in his new book.Kyle Smith, New York Post -- Kyle Smith * New York Post *

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William J. Baumol is professor of economics and academic director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, New York University, and professor emeritus, Princeton University. He lives in New York City.

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