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Healthcare in the United States

…hundreds of dollars if they sold in a free market without these government-granted monopolies.   The patents monopolies do serve a purpose: they provide an incentive to innovate and develop new…

Hospitals and Patients

…reason is that the government grants patent monopolies to the producers. As a result, drugs and medical equipment can sell for tens, or even hundreds, of times the free market

How to Devalue Your Brand, Greg Mankiw Version

…that Congress would consider without amendment. This power is crucial if the President is to continue the multilateral process that over the past half-century has moved the world toward freer