In recent decades nations around the world have experienced financial crisis. In some cases political leaders have contributed to the suddenness and magnitude of the crisis by initially providing overly optimistic assertions concerning the potential benefits of their financial liberalisation...

This paper addresses the current accounting structure in the US healthcare system. It argues that a clear definition of equity (vertical vs. horizontal) must be understood and how this understanding can be used to help achieve a proper allocation of scarce resources within that system. Then...