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...Japan. At the same time, beginning next year, the German government will no longer pay for some dental treatment or cover Moser's salary if she falls sick and is off work more than six weeks. That means she'll have to buy her own insurance - taking another slice out of her €1,600 monthly take-home pay. "It's a slow, continual slide," she shrugs. Moser lives frugally, in a house she bought with her sisters seven years ago. Single, she tries not to spend more than €400 per month on food, household and personal expenses, including...
...than 50% last year. In other words, a single person without children, like Moser, on average took home less than half of what her employers paid to employ her. France, Austria, Sweden and Italy were close behind, with tax wedges on or above 45%. Taking away such a big slice of income saps people's motivation to work, while also pushing up the cost of labor and making companies reluctant to create new jobs. "Lots of countries are concerned that Europe is losing ground - and rightfully so," says Philippe Archinard, the chief executive of Innogenetics, a Belgian biotech company with...
...hidden from prying eyes off Sukhumvit Soi 22, but Bangkok's Washington Square is a compact slice of Americana lost in space and time. If you're in the Thai capital and happen to need a fix of bourbon and Johnny Cash tunes?or a quiet spot to chow down fried chicken amid Jim Beam and Burma Shave signage?then you've found your mecca...
...receive industry funding don't necessarily get to decide whether the results are submitted for publication. Many researchers also practice a form of self-censorship in an effort to please their sponsors or in mistakenly believing that journals tend to favor positive results. Others will cherry-pick a narrow slice of data for publication while consigning the rest to the file drawer. Whatever the reason, the result is a bias against negative or inconclusive data that distorts the medical literature and ultimately the practice of medicine...
...question should not be who gets the biggest slice of the pie,” he said, “but rather how can we grow...