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Amartya Sen – work for which he won a Nobel-Memorial prize. The focus of development, Sen argues, should be on ‘advancing the richness of human life, rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live’.20 Instead of prioritising metrics like GDP, the aim should be to enlarge people’s capabilities – such as to be healthy, empowered a

Spurred by private sector confidence in a growing and profitable health care market, the United States has favored investments in health care over social services. According to the numbers, this inequity may result in poorer health than might be attained by recalibrating the balance of health and social spending.

Recent statistics show that, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates notwithstanding, Americans making $50,000 to $100,000 give away two to six times as much of their money (in percentage terms) as people who make more than $10 million.59

voucher privatization—the

Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano (

o IDH mede (além do PIB per capita) a longevidade dos habitantes de determinada economia

Obama a justement observé que, malgré les nombreuses insuffisances du package libéral, son bilan est bien meilleur que celui des solutions de rechange. La plupart des hommes n’ont jamais connu plus de paix et de prospérité que sous l’égide de l’ordre libéral au début du XXIe siècle. Pour la première fois de l’histoire, les maladies infectieuses tue

The median home price in the U.S. is six times the median annual income3—fifty years ago it was two times—and the share of first-time buyers4 is barely half the historical average and the lowest on record. Medical debt is the leading cause5 of consumer bankruptcy; half of American adults would not be able to cover a $500 medical bill without taking

Among the four groups (higher-income Blacks, higher-income Whites, lower-income Blacks, and lower-income Whites), only one declined substantially in happiness: lower-income Whites.