This absence ofcost incentives is especially problematic -- paradoxically -- because of the technological progress that has occurred and will occur in medicine.
There may be new investment opportunities as companies applying standard inkjet printing techniques to reduce the costof making solar modules or batteries continue to make progress.
On the world's reliance on oil, Daniel Franklin said that enormous progress had been made in bringing down the costof solar energy and new forms of gas, adding that we should "look head on at risks" but we also need a corrective to look at the bigger picture.
Only Cyprus and Israel have made real progress towards exploiting the reserves and even now, the costof securing operations in such a highly contentious environment could prove challenging for Tel Aviv.
What they failed to take into account was the formidable progress that textiles were making at the same time in terms ofcost, convenience and technical possibilities.
Did we make any progress in changing attitudes about control value of internal audit, as a very necessary costof doing business, in the last seven years?
"The American people don't want any more false promises ofprogress, they deserve a real debate about a war that has overstretched our military and cost us thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars without making us safer, " he added.