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The model for today’s health insurance systems was Otto von Bismarck’s compulsory health insurance, introduced in the German Empire in 1884. That’s 1884.
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Why the commons paradigm offers an important and practical lens for re-imagining politics, governance and law.
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Parsing the symbolism of the American flag.
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Why is the brilliant Ta-Nehisi Coates not as persuasive as you’d expect?
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The rational case against profiteering during disasters.
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