Twenty five years ago health expenditures in the USA consumed 5% of GDP. Today that figure is around 17%. No other country comes close to this level of expenditure. In 2015, for example, per capita spending on health in USA was $9451 compared to Australia $4420. The USA pays more per capita for healthcare than […]
Random thoughts on the passing of a small animal
Lucy, our cat, was a weakling. She was the runt of her Devon Rex litter and Devons are on the runty side to begin with. Plus she had suffered an allergic reaction to a vaccine as a kitten. This left her with a chronic nasal condition. She was a snuffller. When we bought her sister Evie, the breeder asked us to take Lucy as […]
Increasing Inequality
The McKinsey Global Institute recently released a report entitled ‘Poorer than their Parents? A new perspective on income inequality’. The report states that “The real incomes of about two-thirds of households in 25 advanced economies were flat or fell between 2005 and 2014.” This is more than 540 million people. This contrasts to the period […]
Left Also Divided on Brexit
The issue of Britain’s exit from the European Union divided the British Conservative Party. But the British left was also divided on the issue. The British Labour Party formally supported the ‘remain’ side. But leader Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised for being ambivalent about staying in the EU and for having pulled his punches in campaigning […]
Our success as a species? How can we judge?
Introduction Philosophers have considered the nature of existence (metaphysics), whether god exists (religious philosophy), how we can know things (epistemology), how we can lead a good, just or happy life (moral philosophy or ethics) and how societies can best be organised (political philosophy). Scientists, biologists in particular, have considered how species, including our own, are […]
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