...” household work were included, it would comprise 70 percent of the re­ ported Swiss GDP! We must give visibility and value to the work of parents and others caring for children—neuro­ science shows that the quality o f child care directly affects human capacity development. Human...

... a leading source of alternative energy such as wind power, fuel cells, and solar panels. They also make elevators (Orona), high-quality bicycles used by Olympic racers (Orbea), small and large appliances (Fagor), car parts, packaging materials, and numerous other products. One of the Mondragón construction...

... economist Amartya Sen concurs that the aim of sound economic policy must be must policy economic sound of aim the that concurs Sen Amartya Prize-winning Nobel economist Indeed, capital.” human call “high-quality is what capital economists some important most the where era...

... insurance to all Americans—a worthy What’s the objection to this approach? Putting aside questions goal. Improve the quality of health care by “per­ of fairness (is it fair to force those who do not want health care in­ sonalizing” treatments, focusing on prevention and surance...

...-workers, is a necessary and admirable quality in all humans, regardless of gender. People whose work is focused on emotional labor, such as U.S. day care workers, have some of the twenty-five worst-paid jobs in the United States. The worst-paid professions are social work, early childhood education...

... into the postindustrial age, when automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence have already replaced many jobs and are predicted to continue to do so at an exponential rate, a time when economists tell us that the most important capital is what they call “high-quality human capital,” it is economically essential...

... values of love and care over values of profit and domination. But I’d like to see it explicitly address issues of disability, assistance and support, and caring solidarity. Alternative ethics such as these share a religious quality in their emphasis on the valuation of individuals...

... or reasonable. Such institutional pressures have undoubtedly led to problems of poor quality and unsafe care in American hospitals and long-term care facilities. It is time for physicians to take responsibility for their complicity in this process. Socialization to complicity with torture and violation...

.... Gawande’s book reinforces the recent report from the Institute of Medicine, “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life.” Jointly, these texts underscore the deficiencies caused by an already fragmented care delivery system and exacerbated by financial...

... 1970s—but has since improved. Air quality remains so bad that that bad so the remains in quality Air moribund improved. and since has 1970s—but eutrophied became almost Kinneret Lake all country’s by the characterize exacerbated were societies that industrialized maladies...

... to be in the world. Their kindness, diligence, and integrity gave me a foundation upon which to build. I have found these qualities in many other Black women, including those who have led the way. I never met Ella Baker, but when I saw the documentary film “Fundi,” I was struck not only by her political brilliance...

... not, given that local m edia would flourish. In term s of quality, the enormous cultural diversity that would be unleashed would easily put our current media fare to shame. We also have clues from the BBC, Pacifica, and other...

... we spend far more than any other country in the world on health care, we have little to show for it except high prices, decreasing access, variable quality, underuse of essen­ tial care by vulnerable populations, and a significant amount of unnecessary and inappropri­ ate care for those who...

... a fundamental transformation in the way child welfare system employees think about and intervene with families. Such change can be achieved when child welfare personnel “care about and have faith in these children’s (and their parents’) ability to improve the quality of their lives,” as Jerome Kagan has said...

... the performance of our K-12 education system New teachers are going into highly unionized, government may have greater long-lasting impact on the quality of owned-and-operated school systems that have been resistant to life of future generations. competition, innovation...