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The Crisis in Child Care: A Tri-Sector Solution?

UVA Darden

This matter — which particularly affects women and girls — touches issues of health, income, crime, IQ, costs to families and the public, and an individual’s ability to maintain steady employment. Why the Market Can’t Fix It. Q: Why isn’t there already a market-based solution to this problem? Economist James J.

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The Cloud is Not a Railroad - An Argument Against the Vertical Separation of Cloud Providers

High Scalability

Where's the incentive unless you derive a benefit from optimizing the whole stack? Let's look at the size of the market. The market value of the worldwide IT industry is $5 trillion. Apple is not a monopoly in the smartphone market simply because people like their smartphones. Does the free market work for the cloud?