From: Randall Randall (wolfkin@freedomspace.net)
Date: Wed Jun 05 2002 - 14:03:04 MDT
Olga Bourlin wrote:
> Just throwing this out to whoever may have a comment.
>
> Is this greed? Or is it "all in the game" (and therefore okay)?
It isn't greed that is the problem, but state-granted monopoly.
> http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1164914
>
> What kinds of guidelines, in your opinion, would be acceptable - and how
> much should government regulate (if at all)?
If the government didn't support monopolies in the first place,
companies wouldn't be able to do this sort of thing. The initial
price of such drugs would be very much higher, but it would fall
more quickly to much lower levels than currently. All IMHO, of
course.
-- Randall Randall <randall@randallsquared.com> Crypto key: randall.freedomspace.net/crypto.text ...what a strange, strange freedom: only free to choose my chains... -- Johnny Clegg
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