…. . . Recent Quartz article on Private Label and Brand name. Private-label brands are having a moment in 2024, and it’s no coincidence that some of the biggest winners…

by cactus Forbes and the “Self-Made” Label I’m kinda busy these days, but this topic is small pet peeve of mine: what the heck is up with Forbes and the…

…published today as “proposed guidance,” drug companies would be able to use journal articles to market off-label uses willy-nilly. The AP article continues, “Under the new proposal, drug companies don’t…

…market help. i.e. 1) If a drug is prescribed off-label, then the patient be permitted to return it to the drug store for a full refund, no questions asked. —…

…I can safely and for sure tell you that food labeling is approved by the USDA and or the FDA. A small change in a label or packaging such as…

by Michael Halasey Free market mechanics and healthcare… Now, I hear something all the time in my work in the health policy realm, and that is that the “free market”…

…destroys them. The skeptics are on to something. Free trade creates winners and losers — and American workers have been among the losers. Free trade has been a major (but…

The New York Times points us to one anomaly in the idea of “free markets”. Dean Baker (and many others) of course has championed taking a more critical look at…

…advocates of the free market also propose non free market policies is just one reminder that free market principles can not solve our problems. Now I think it is clear…

…fail as the market share enjoyed by the Big Four is unlikely to yield them any retail space at market.  Now, in principal, I don’t outright disagree with everything Mr….