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Western cultures have developed an illusion of the welfare state. The US and Europe must correct this cultural misperception of what a welfare state can and cannot accomplish before they can successfully address its economic problems.

The Mexican healthcare system suffers from a peculiar disease best known as financial dysfunction. Its main symptoms consist of a constantly growing number of users contrasted with revenue insufficient to cover all of the growing needs. It thus disables the effectiveness of existing institutions and risks metastasis to the most […]

Some people want to live forever, and they are actively working to accomplish just that. These people view aging as a curable disease, and they are supporting and conducting research to cure it. I don’t share this goal, but I do agree that if they succeed, society could be dramatically […]