You know as a scientist that both were developed completely independently of each other in the laboratories. And only afterward were the political situations contrived out of which they could be justified.

Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits.

For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Medical costs are of concern, both in developing and developed countries.

I'm an economist, not a political scientist.