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... tion . In my opinion , the sanitation of medicine is part and parcel of the socio - economic inversion with which Part IV of this book deals . The footnotes reflect the nature of this text . I assert the right to break the monopoly that ...
... tion . In my opinion , the sanitation of medicine is part and parcel of the socio - economic inversion with which Part IV of this book deals . The footnotes reflect the nature of this text . I assert the right to break the monopoly that ...
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... tion against the poor : all are negative externalities associ- ated with each passenger - mile . Some can easily be internal- ized in the purchase price , as for instance the damages done by collisions , which are paid for by insurance ...
... tion against the poor : all are negative externalities associ- ated with each passenger - mile . Some can easily be internal- ized in the purchase price , as for instance the damages done by collisions , which are paid for by insurance ...
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... tion will then rack the livers of consumers more thoroughly than Zeus's eagle . No biological engineering can prevent undernourishment and food poisoning beyond this point . What is happening in the sub - Saharan Sahel is only a dress ...
... tion will then rack the livers of consumers more thoroughly than Zeus's eagle . No biological engineering can prevent undernourishment and food poisoning beyond this point . What is happening in the sub - Saharan Sahel is only a dress ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Specific Counterproductivity | 211 |
Copyright | |
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