Day: September 27, 2007

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Private firm finds profits in special education

A new model for private schooling finds that the best way to teach special education students would be to turn a profit while doing it, says Mark Claypool, founder of Educational Services of America (ESA).

ESA is one of the few companies even attempting to make money by running special education

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The Zimbabwean healthcare crisis

The crisis in Zimbabwe has long since reached epic proportions and the situation worsens by the day. Millions of Zimbabweans have fled their country, seeking asylum in neighbouring countries but are often rounded up like criminals and carted off – back to the dangerous and inhospitable territory that has become

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Sick sob stories

Despite what Michael Moore says in his movie, “Sicko,” when government is in charge of health care, the result is not that everyone gets access to experimental treatments, but that people get less of the care that is absolutely necessary, says John Stossel, co-anchor of “20/20.”

For example:

At any

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NHS is headed for the worst of all worlds

The National Health Service (NHS) is a rambling nationalised industry in which much is spent on obsolescent services and the scarce time of experienced professionals is used poorly, says Nick Bosanquet, professor of health policy at Imperial College and consultant director of the independent think tank Reform.

But there are

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NHS failing on out of hours care

Many of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service trusts are failing to meet core standards over the care of patients needing out-of-hours general practitioner services, performance statistics released by the Liberal Democrats show.

Consider:

Nearly half of the trusts do not meet standards in answering patient calls quickly, while a

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Economic freedom of the world

Is capitalism contagious? If so, to what extent; and how does it spread? Russell S. Sobel and Peter T. Leeson examine these questions empirically in the “Economic Freedom of the World: 2007,” published by the Cato Institute and in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute. The 2007 report discuss the implications

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