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The Czech healthcare system is under structural pressure. With 85% of expenditure financed through compulsory public insurance tied to payroll contributions, demographic ageing creates a double bind: rising demand for care combined with a shrinking contributor base. Healthcare spending is …
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This paper investigates the financial sustainability of predominantly public healthcare systems in Europe, using Czechia as a case study. It …
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This policy paper analyzes Javier Milei’s shock therapy in Argentina as a response to chronic inflation, fiscal disorder, institutional weakness, …
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Public universities suffer from a serious disease: what Milton and Rose Friedman called the tyranny of the status quo. Public …
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Canonical Austrian business cycle theory holds that a lower rate of interest lengthens the structure of production. Fillieule (2007) derives …
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When central banks make decisions about inflation, interest rates, or financial stability, they rely heavily on economic research. But where …
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One of the main promises behind the euro was economic convergence. By sharing a common currency, European economies were expected …
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