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This course was very instructive for me. Some of the materials I studied in this course impacted considerably my view on environmental protection. I learned in this course how our old ideal of economic system is now one of our biggest threats. So, a new conception of economic agents behavior and system is urging to … Continue reading Self Reflection After this Course

I have a positive attitude about this course for some reasons. First of all, this course was very informative because we learn a lot things from our own posts and from the posts of others classmates. Second, the fact that this course was focused on reading and writing was extremely important for the development of … Continue reading Feedback on the course and its design

I believe that Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, 2014 Update: How the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally is my best post from the 2nd half of the semester. This post gives us the opportunity to learn some important information about the U.S. Health Care System and 10 others countries’ system. It informs us how … Continue reading My best Post from the 2nd half semester

I think that The Four Asian Tigers is my best post in the 1st half semester for two reasons. First, this post shows the importance of the concept of comparative advantage. It describes us how the economic system based on the specialization in areas of competitive advantage helps Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan … Continue reading My best Post from the 1st half semester

By Danielle Paquette October 6, 2014 In his 30 years of studying the economics of health care, Stephen Zuckerman has learned that quality services translate to costs saved. (Danielle Paquette/Washington Post) When we talk about the Affordable Care Act, we talk about the millions of Americans newly insured under the law. Or the state marketplaces, … Continue reading What you need to know about Obamacare’s cost-cutting measures

Executive Summary The United States health care system is the most expensive in the world, but this report and prior editions consistently show the U.S. underperforms relative to other countries on most dimensions of performance. Among the 11 nations studied in this report—Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United … Continue reading Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, 2014 Update: How the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally

http://www.who.int/macrohealth/en/ Health is an intrinsic human right as well as a central input to poverty reduction and socioeconomic development. Cost-effective interventions for controlling major diseases exist, but a serious lack of money for health and a range of system constraints hamper global and national efforts to expand health services to the poor. The high burden … Continue reading Macroeconomics and Health