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The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on October 26, 2006
The European Journal of Public Health 2007 17(2):124; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckl075
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Economics and public health: an arranged marriage

Jan J. Barendregt

School of Population Health, University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia

Correspondence: Jan J. Barendregt, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, e-mail: j.barendregt@sph.uq.edu.au

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Economists are often defined as people who know the price of everything, and the value of nothing. After reading ‘Economics and public health: Engaged to be happily married!’ (Werner Brouwer et al.) one might want to add that economics is not a good training for marriage consultancy. Where WB et al. see marital bliss, I see the relationship between public health and economics more like an arranged marriage, based on considerations other than the mutual attraction of the partners.

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