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28,000 federal patents and the monopoly meme went into a bar, 4

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

In 1980, in introducing S. 414, Senator Dole repeats the 28,000 patents meme: Now, however, it’s 5 percent, not 4 percent, and it’s not inventions licensed but rather inventions used. It’s a wonderful bit of bluffery. There’s nothing in Forman’s … Continue reading →

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Would lowering drug prices really reduce research on cures and remedies?

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

Vox recently published an article on the high price of drugs, “The true story of America’s sky-high prescription drug prices.” Here are three sentences that make a claim worth considering: What’s harder to see is that if we did lower drug … Continue reading →

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