Bill Gates takes rich to task

[Michael Perelman]

I have a book coming out in April that devotes considerable attention to
this.  I did not choose the title -- Steal this idea: the corporate
confiscation of creativity.

On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:03:30AM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> They don't do basic research. They develop new drugs, often drawing 
> on publicly funded basic research (with money in the U.S. coming from 
> the National Institutes of Health). They really love to develop new 
> versions of old drugs - tweak a molecule, and get a new, patentable, 
> more expensive version of Valium or whatever. Then spend a bundle 
> marketing the stuff.
> 
> Doug

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
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