Public Health Systems in the Age of Financialization
Lessons from the Center and the Periphery
In Public Health Systems in the Age of Financialization, Ana Carolina Cordilha unpacks policy shifts that have transformed public health systems into vehicles for financial speculation and capital accumulation.
While it is commonly thought that these systems are being cut back in the period of financialization, the author shows that current changes in public health financing go far beyond budget cuts and privatization measures. She examines how public health systems are adopting financial instruments and participating in financial accumulation strategies, with harmful impacts on transparency, democratic accountability, and health service provision. With an in-depth study of both the French and Brazilian systems, Cordilha explores the different ways in which this process unfolds in central and peripheral countries.
Ana Carolina Cordilha teaches Quantitative Methods and Economic Development at Sorbonne Nouvelle University. She has several publications on financialization and social policy, including Financialisation and Public Health Systems: a new concept to examine ongoing reforms.
