The Cost Disease – Why Computers get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn′t - William J. Baumol, Ariel Pablos–mendez, Monte Malach, Lilian Gomory Wu, H

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... Zobrazit více