Etienne Deffarges: I Am Living Proof Of The American Dream An Interview With Vicky Colas “Perseverance is also a key requirement for any immigrant to America, because of the very lengthy and somewhat bureaucratic process to reach citizen status. There are dozens of hurdles to overcome. None of them is unsurmountable or even very challenging, but …
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“Les Trentes Glorieuses” and the American Dream
August 11, 2020 | Education
“Les Trentes Glorieuses” and The American Dream: A Father – Son Story “Les Trentes Glorieuses” is an expression that refers to the 1945 -1975 period in France following the end of the Second World War. In France as in other European countries such as West Germany, these thirty years were characterized by strong economic …
Read More »Why is the U.S. only ranked 35th in population health?
March 22, 2019 | Health Care
Why is the U.S. only the 35th healthiest country in the world? According to the 2019 Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, the U.S. ranks 35th out of 169 countries. Even though we are the 11th wealthiest country in the world, we are behind pretty much all developed economies in terms of health. In the Americas, not just Canada …
Read More »Letter published in August 31 Financial Times, in response to the 8/29/18 FT article, “Nordic lessons for today’s socialists.”
August 31, 2018 | Is universal health care socialism?
Voters want decisive change towards a fairer type of capitalism (Letter published in the 8/31/18 edition of the Financial Times) I liked Martin Sandbu’s article, “Nordic lessons for today’s socialists” (August 29), and its compelling description of the Nordic model. I agree with him when he mentions Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and …
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