We may be better angels now than before, and we may be too distracted enough by cheap entertainment to avoid a life of crime, but we are still failing one another on a very basic level in not just our criminal justice system, but our public education system and our basic social contract.

FORBES: Better Angels or Bread and Circuses?

The firm involved, Education Alternatives Inc, recently won a contract to operate 12 schools in Arizona.

ECONOMIST: Schools

At the moment only the London boroughs of Hackney, Islington and Southwark contract out much of their education.

ECONOMIST: Education

There is a formal, written contract with the Abu Dhabi Education Council, but INSEAD declined to provide a copy, citing a confidentiality agreement.

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