It is widely agreed that competition, or lack thereof, in health care is a problem. The Wall Street Journal recently showed how Viagra and Cialis prices seem to move -- up, of course -- in lockstep. USA Today found Walgreens charging 1237% more than Costco, for the same drug. Economists like Martin Gaynor have been discussing problems with competition in health care for years. The Harvard Business Review just published a lengthy article on the problem. But, it turns out, we may be ignoring an important competition that has real impacts on our health: with each other...
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Globalised Slavery: How Big Supermarkets Are Selling Prawns In Supply Chain Fed By Slave Labour – Video
Staff Writer | The Guardian | June 10, 2014
A six-month Guardian multimedia investigation has, for the first time, tracked how some of the world's big-supermakets, Tesco, Aldi, Walmart and Morrisons, are using suppliers relying on slave labour to put cheap prawns on their shelves. Slavery is back and here's the proof. Read More »
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I'm OK -- You, Maybe Not So Much
By Kim Bellard | November 28, 2016
Revealed: Asian Slave Labour Producing Prawns For Supermarkets In US, UK
Kate Hodal, Chris Kelly, and Felicity Lawrence | The Guardian | June 10, 2014
Thai 'ghost ships' that enslave and even kill workers are linked to global shrimp supply chain, Guardian investigation discovers Read More »
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Trafficked Into Slavery On Thai Trawlers To Catch Food For Prawns
Kate Hodal and Chris Kelly | The Guardian | June 10, 2014
The Thai fishing industry is built on slavery, with men often beaten, tortured and sometimes killed - all to catch 'trash fish' to feed the cheap farmed prawns sold in the west Read More »
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