The Bureaucratic Juggernaut. When does the patient become the responsibility of the State?
Abstract
In all non-socialist countries private enterprise and state institutions work side by side and in fact every now and again compete for the same customer. By the rules of the game the state should however enjoy no unfair advantage.
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