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How the state can afford pension and healthcare costs for ageing populations, and who should carry the burden has become a central question. Thus far, focus has been on public transfers while neglecti

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in Ole Frithjof Norheim (ed.) Measurement and Ethical Evaluation of Health Inequalities, Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199931392.003.0007 We usually examine our considered

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I am the initiator and project manager of the project Expanding minds - together. I run an organization for cross-sector collaboration projects as a way to foster innovation among both organizations and

Why do some democratic transitions succeed and others do not? We attempt to identify which sequences lead to full and stable democracy and which sequences do not.

The Franco-Swedish Program for Philosophy and Economics will arrange a final conference in Uppsala where a group of prominent philosophers and economists will meet to discuss issues at the border betw

In the new book “Ethics and Existence - The legacy of Derek Parfit”, several of the most prominent scholars on the issues raised by Derek Parfit, contributes 20 completely original articles. "­Derek r