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Re:Britain’s statisticians fix a blunder and find a bigger e... by orwin on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @05:05PM (#37397743)
I mean, last time I looked, social security in France gave back 81€ for every 100€ invested. Swisslife (it was either 2018 or 2019) gave back the same year 67€ for every 100€. What's funny is that only 11€ went to shareholders that year, that mean that even w/o capitalists, sometimes public services are more efficient than private companies.
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Re:Britain’s statisticians fix a blunder and find a bigger e... by robertlagrant on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @08:11AM (#37403932)
As I said a few comments above, it's possible for things to be run efficiently; there's just less of an incentive to do so.

In terms of this exact comparison - is this like for like? I don't understand it well enough to know.

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