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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
C. S. Lewis God in the Dock (Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans,2002), p. 292.
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"A splendid book. It's a devastating critique of the welfare state. A page-turner, yet also extensively sourced. Demonstrates how attempts to achieve good intentions have led to horrible results -- increasing crime and violence, worsened conditions of the very poor, an extraordinary deterioration in the quality and character of British life.
Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winner.
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Before the welfare state
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The Greycoat Hospital
The Greycoat Hospital was once a workhouse. It has since been a hospital and a school. It has a very long welfare history. It has now been taken over by the state.
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The Greycoat Hospital
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Education and State
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How would you like to know how long you will wait in the Emergency Department?
When you go to an Emergency Department of a hospital, how would you like to know how long you are going to have to wait before a doctor sees you? In Singapore, I visited the Khoo Teck Puat hospital – … Continue reading
Private hospitals can do emergency care
In Britain it is sometimes said, “Oh well, it’s true that you can get good care in a private hospital but if it comes to an emergency, then you need to go to an NHS hospital” or perhaps, “private hospitals … Continue reading
No politician will tell people the truth. No doctor is allowed to.
I have recently spoken to an Australian doctor who told me things that are going on in Australian medicine and then told me that if it were revealed that he had told me these things, he could be sacked. Since … Continue reading
Paying a backhander to get a sick note
When I was in Poland last month, someone there remarked how Poland had been one of the ‘disability capitals’ of Europe. The numbers of people claiming to be unable to work through illness were apparently enormous. Today I had a … Continue reading
The myth of the ‘great’ Attlee government
Peter Oborne is a journalist I admire. He has written some terrific articles and talked well on radio and TV. However I recently heard him debating whether Margaret Thatcher should get a state funeral when she finally, like everybody else, … Continue reading
Interview in Sweden
Here is an interview I did earlier this year in Sweden. http://www.axess.se/tv/program.aspx?id=2666
“Confused? You will be….”
I am on the road, interviewing people in Holland as part of the research for my new book. Yesterday was confusing. I visited a think tank in the morning and a couple of academics in the afternoon. In both cases … Continue reading
Greedy capitalists defiling healthcare?
Some would say that this is an ugly example of what happens when greedy capitalists get involved in healthcare. I suspect a more nuanced reaction should be ‘this is what goes wrong when the interaction between government funding and private … Continue reading
A better way to run a hospital?
A different way to manage a hospital. This is from the website of OLVG, a big hospital in Amsterdam. It sounds like a better system than total control from the centre. The organisation of the OLVG consists of business units … Continue reading
The best article I have read this year
It is by Tom Utley in the Daily Mail today. He is an unusual writer. He often writes about personal stuff and always in a very engaging way. Today’s article is rhetoric at its best. A good point, powerfully made. … Continue reading