Brazil gets 40% cut on AIDS drugs

[Ian Murray]

> There is a strong argument that charging first-world prices for AIDS
> drugs in Brazil does nothing other than make more people die faster.
> There is an equally strong argument that if we want to see faster
> medical progress we shouldn't be in the business of trying to curb
> the profits pharmaceutical companies make in the first world...
>
>
> Brad DeLong

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Should we tax pharmaceutical companies? Should we subsidize them by
doing most of the research and then handing over the property rights
after members of Congress take campaign contributions?

Ian