Estelle Platini
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I discuss influence, beliefs, entanglement, #adultism. (I purposely do not propagate news.) Banner: sepia photo of a 26-year-old facing the camera – Hannah Arendt, Europe, 1933
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Here is an article on how the American Medical Association helped entrench private health insurance in the US after WW2. By branding national insurance “socialised medicine” and promoting private plans. It shows how well-funded interest groups can shape opinion and policy.
https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/141/3/2147/8669893
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