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Social performance of free markets: issues, analysis and appraisal
Chenchuramaiah Bathala, Appa Rao KorukondaThe centralized, command models emphasized social welfare and equity, whereas in free market conditions, the market participants are primarily governed by the demand and supply…
The rising number of uninsured Americans: how adequate is our health system?
Saundra H. Glover, Karl J. McCleary, Patrick A. Rivers, Raymond A. WallerA primary reason for the increase in uninsured Americans is due to the rising costs of health care that has caused a decline of employment‐based coverage for individuals working…
Measuring socioeconomic health inequalities: fiction or reality?
Joan Costa, Jaume GarciaThis paper empirically examines the inequalities related to social class and income using individual self‐reported health status data. Health inequalities are estimated by…
Plans, commitments and practical norms of reason
Keiran SharpeThis paper uses the “planning” or “narrative” approach to agency – which has recently been developed by philosophers Bratman, Gauthier, McClennen and Velleman – to do two things…
Sustainable human resource strategy: The sustainable and unsustainable dilemmas of retrenchment
Sugumar MariappanadarSustainable human resource (HR) strategies could help companies manage their human resources HRs to achieve “net optimality” of companies' objectives as well as a stable…
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