Joseph henrik for his book the weirdest. People in the world how the west became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous. Weird stands for western educated industrialized rich and democratic and henrik explains how this part of the world the west came to lead the way in embracing markets and individual liberty. The book is a stunning accomplishment. And a testament to the power of culture to build prosperity. But before we hear more about joseph henrik and his research, i wanted to talk a bit about the hayek prize and what it stands for the prize comes with a 50,000 award which makes it one of the worlds most generous book prizes. It honors a book published within the past two years that best reflects the vision of its namesake friedrich von hayek the brilliant economist who shared a nobel prize with gunner murdal in 1974 for hayek. Economic freedom was the cornerstone of a Flourishing Society hayek explained how free markets coordinated the actions of people scattered thr
Behavior and causes providers to provide Higher Quality care and total cost of care. [inaudible] Health Care Costs are down, but i think Something Else that is going within the Medicare Program that we are seeing, fundamentally different patterns and controlling hospital remissions, why we have this tremendous variation and cost around the country they thank you for the opportunity to speak today. It is great to be here. We return to sheila burke, who is on the faculty at harvard university, a big chunk of her working life was right here in the senate vote as chief of staff to senator bob dole, both majority and minority. And the chief minister and officer in this body. I think it is worth noting with todays discussion that she has a degree in nursing and worked as a nurse in her career. So she has been closely involved in Health Care Issues for very long time. We are very pleased to have you with us. Thank you very much. It would be frightening to put me back in award. [laughter] no f
Came out, republicans believed st. Louis public radio is doing the books were cooked and the same. Democrats believed they were not. I do not know what the truth is. The broadcasts is also been streamed live on ksdk. Com and stlpublicradio. Org. But i am worried about the fact that we have become so partisan we also invite you to take part that we cannot distinguish the on social media on twitter. True anymore. All we care about is what were being told by the party masters. The fact is, for me, id like to finally, our appreciation to the city police and fire department, as well as the School District of clayton for respect the terms of the debate. Hosting tonights event. Please do not tear or anything like that. In least during my time. At least during my time. Before we begin, id like to review the debate format. Each candidate will give a 3 minute Opening Statement and a 3minute closing statement. I lost the question, i am sorry next, our panel will ask questions of both candidates.
Provide programs in some cases to provide security because security is par mount to ensure you have an environment where you provide the appropriate programs. We are on a path of unstainability, and it is a significant issue that i think Everyone Needs to be concerned about because the men and women who work for the Bureau Prisons who are dedicated Law Enforcement officers are putting their lives op the line every single day. We believe that reentry is very, very important because it is a significant part of the mission. Our mission is not just to warehouse individuals, but ensure we provide everything necessary when ultimately they are released. 95 of the inmates in our care will at some point in time be relosed back to communities. Reentry is important because for us to manage the the individuals, we have to ensure we are actively ensuring that they are engage in programs within the institution. This is accomplishedded by reentry efforts. I can report that despite all the challenges
To entice the other inmate within a population who dont have a Substance Use disorder it can increases the number of inmates exposed. Over a period of time, when the majority of the individuals will be released it will help Public Safety. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. You mentioned that the average cost to incarcerate a person in our system is about 29,000 or almost 30,000. There a difference in average cost in a womens facility . For the female facility it depend on the number, the mission. But typically the average is going to be the same. Typically. Yes. Do the women in these facilities the same access to the kinds of programses that are available to men and they the male facilities . Yes. There is a growing number of women in our prison population. So you cited some data in your testimony. Cousin your data reflect differences in recriticism. Do you have some that work better for men versus women in term of success and integrated to society . I think you talked about one