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Many papers included in this volume express scepticism regarding both the diagnosis of the American health system as fundamentally ailing and the prescription of greater public intervention in the financing and delivery of medical services as the remedy and sure path to recovery.

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Many papers included in this volume express scepticism regarding both the diagnosis of the American health system as fundamentally ailing and the prescription of greater public intervention in the financing and delivery of medical services as the remedy and sure path to recovery.
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Dr. Ehrlich's research interests include general applications of economic theory to law and economics, crime and justice, human capital and health economics, advertising and information, uncertainty and insurance, social security, and economic growth and development. He is the author of 80 original and reprinted articles in major refereed journals and collections, including two books and a special journal issue, and his widely cited work - he is listed among the 100 most cited economists on several published surveys - has been supported by numerous grants from the National Science Foundation and other Federal agencies, including a major USAID grant to study economic development and the role of free enterprise. In 2006, Dr. Ehrlich was awarded the prestigious faculty development grant from the New York Office of Science, Technology, and Academic research (NYSTAR), which he is using to establish a "Signature center of Excellence on Human Capital, technology transfer, and Economic growth and Development". He holds a Ph.D.degree from Columbia University . Professor Ehrlich currently serves as Chairman of the Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences and as Melvin H.Baker Professor of American Enterprise in the School of Management . He is also a Research Associate (currently a senior title) of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), an Honorary Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, a Research Associate of the Institute of Policy Analysis of the University of Toronto, and a member of the prestigious Mont Pellerin Society. His previous academic affiliations include appointments as a lecturer at the Tel-Aviv University, an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago, and a Senior Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he was one of the founders of the Law and Economics Project. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and a Visiting Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has given numerous public lectures and seminars in Austria, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Uruguay.