Why the War on Cancer Failed.
In 1971, President Nixon launched the "war on cancer" with great fanfare. The dramatic increase in spending on targeted cancer research was supposed to quickly yield new treatments. That did not happen. The cancer establishment, which profits from the $200 billion spent annually on cancer treatment,...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Economics & Sociology Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 671 - 701 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2022
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