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...price that every American pays for these failures is a decade-long inflation that is the most pernicious price spiral since the Korean War, and certainly the most alarming one in the nation's history. Because competitiveness and efficiency have declined, and productivity growth, that most basic yardstick for measuring a nation's economic vitality, has slowed, the real cost of producing goods has jumped. Meanwhile, to keep demand up, the Government has created money and credit at far faster rates than businessmen can turn out products and services. The result: too much money chasing too few goods, which...
Soweto, the cluster of poor black suburbs outside South Africa's gleaming commercial capital, Johannesburg, has always epitomized the darkest side of apartheid. Since it was developed as a dormitory for black labor toward the end of the last century, the township has been largely lacking in basic necessities, including roads, transit faculties, plumbing and electricity. Indeed, Soweto's lack of lighting contributed significantly to the frustration that fueled the June 1976 riots that ultimately cost the lives of 600 blacks...
...emphasis on sociological and psychological theories, neglecting pathophysiology (the study of disease processes) and failing to develop essential skills. The result: poor bedside nurses. In some schools, it is possible to earn a degree without ever being on night or solo duty, assisting at a delivery or performing such basic chores as catheterizations and suctioning lungs. Says Dr. Lester Candela, a surgeon in Great Neck, N.Y.: "When these women meet an emergency and are matched against more experienced hospital school students, they're often embarrassed and suffer by comparison." Diane McGivern, associate dean of the University of Pennsylvania School...
...pediatrician in San Marino, Calif: "With its heavy reliance on physicians, the American medical system can be said to be using Cadillacs to do a tractor's job." That may not be the kindest analogy, but the Department of Health, Education and Welfare agrees with the basic analysis: it has endorsed wider use of nurse practitioners in medical care as one way of keeping costs down...
...book's basic thesis, which was reported in Foreign Affairs and TIME last spring, is both conventional and incontestable. It is that the nation's four basic fuels-petroleum, natural gas, coal and nuclear-are either depleting or face strong public opposition, and new energy sources must be phased in before the old are totally exhausted. The surprising aspect of Energy Future is its optimistic assessment of the potential of solar energy and conservation to carry the load as those "new sources...