The Cost Disease

Editorial Reviews Review "A provocative and timely critique of the fallacies in the conventionalwisdom that we can no longer afford good education and decent health care."—Sir Harold Evans, author ofThey Made America
(Sir Harold Evans 20120206)
“In this important book, William Baumol and his co-authors have shown how divergent productivity trends have profound implications for how society deals with increasingly expensive sectors like education and health.”—William Nordhaus,Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University
(William Nordhaus )
“Health-care costs are huge, and still rising. Based on current trends, in 2105 US health care will consume 62% of our national income. And this is nothing to worry about. How can this be? Relying primarily on simple logic and storytelling, NYU economist William J. Baumol lays out the answer in his new book.”—Kyle Smith,New York Post
(Kyle SmithNew York Post20120924) About the Author William J. Baumolis professor of economics and academic director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, New York University, and professor emeritus, Princeton University. He is the author of more than forty books, has been awarded a dozen honorary degrees, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society,Galileo’s Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome, and the British Academy. He lives in New York City.
Book Description

Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press (September 25, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300179286
ISBN-13: 9780300179286