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Every industrialised country is wrestling with the challenges that technology, ageing and endless cost increases pose for their national health systems, and Canada is no exception. One of Canada’s most prominent health care reformers talks about these questions. How does Canada balance efficiency in healthcare with social solidarity? Are Canadians more satisfied with their healthcare arrangements than Europeans? What are the lessons for Belgium and for Europe as a whole? Is the traditional welfare state model sustainable in the 21st century?

Big business is in the dock. Huge malfeasance scandals and the growth in anti-capitalist activism have thrown corporations into the spotlight and left them seeming more unpopular than ever before. But who is to blame? And who is acting as judge and jury? Is this an inevitable consequence of capitalism or should policymakers be thinking about new ways of addressing business failure? Is business becoming too timid and apologetic in the face of public criticism? Should companies really be cheerleaders for capitalism or is the growth of corporate and social responsibility evidence of a new way of doing business?