The conventional wisdom in many circles is that globalization and public expenditures are at odds with each other. The author shows that, historically speaking, this conflict has not been the case.

This article presents a discussion of why some capitalist developed countries have national health insurance schemes, others have national health services, and the U.S. has neither. The first section provides a critical analysis of some of the major answers given to these questions by authors...

A macroscopic model based on a double-porosity approach is proposed to simulate the swelling caused by the subdivision of particles and aggregates that occurs when bentonites are hydrated under a high water content and low confinement. In the model, it is assumed that although the water that...