Kristian Niemietz
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A National Social Care Service would be a total disaster (opens the original)
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Even if we generously assume that a National Care Service would not lead to efficiency losses, crude rationing of care services, and an explosion in waiting times, it would still be a bad idea, because it would lead to the politicisation of key decisions in the sector, says Kristian Niemietz Britain spends about 2.6 per cent of GDP on social care. That may not sound like a lot compared to how much we spend on, for example, pensions and healthcare, but all three of those spending areas are closel
Zohran Mamdani's socialist superstore stunt won't help poor New Yorkers (opens the original)
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Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open five state=owned shops with subsidised groceries will make little to no difference to the lives of New Yorkers, so why are you reading about it? Ask Kristian Niemietz New York City has a population of over 8.5m people, or close to 20m if we include the wider metropolitan area, and tens of thousands of retail units. In one sense, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open five state-owned retail stores with discounted prices is a complete non-story, which will make little d
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