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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 (02/06/2012)
"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-- (09/24/2012)
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