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Read The Book
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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Over-training – yes, there surely is such a thing
Governments increasingly legislate for more and more qualifications before people are allowed to do jobs. This is always presented as being something which will increase the quality of the work that these people ultimately do. But if has potential damaging … Continue reading
The champion teacher union
Teachers’ unions in Britain, the USA, France and elsewhere have reason to think that they wield considerable power and have been able to improve their conditions of employment considerably. But surely the champion of teacher trade unions is that of … Continue reading
Over-training puts up prices -nice for cartels of doctors, pharmacies etc but bad for everybody else
One of the reasons why medical care is so expensive in Britain and America, I suspect, is the number of doctors is limited in various ways and the training is so long. I have yet not accumulated the evidence I … Continue reading
The unfamiliar world of Japanese healthcare
Notes on a talk by Professor Kiyoshi Morita Director of Okayama University Hospital Speaking at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation 14/6/11. He said that Japan had an insurance-based healthcare service and everyone was covered. 70% of the provision is private. (It … Continue reading
The public sector union problem now reaches America, too
It is not just in Britain. Public sector unions are spreading around the world. The early history of unions had aspects which would be considered good in the eyes of most people. The mutual support members offered each other in … Continue reading
Most money spent on government schools in America does not go on schooling
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=20654&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DPD
Why public services increasingly employ private suppliers
“My local foundation hospital charges the NHS £169 for a physiotherapy appointment. I can get a similar physiotherapy appointment at a priate practice for £45. The NHS could treat a a great many more patients privates if GPs were able … Continue reading
The waste of university drop outs
Some British universities have a drop out rate of over 40 per cent. I wonder why so many drop out? Is it because they discover the courses they are on are a waste of time? If so, think how much … Continue reading
The disabled, fraud and the alleged Thatcher conspiracy
Several people in comments on the previous post have asserted that the rate of fraud in claiming incapacity benefit is only o.5pc according to the government itself. I guess there are different ways of measuring and defining fraud. In the … Continue reading
Spend, spend, spend
Martin Durkin’s programme on Channel 4 last night certainly did not hold back. It was dramatic and powerful. It had some clever footage at the beginning with politicians repeatedly saying they were going to “spend”, “spend” and “spend”. This was … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Waste in public services