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Postcovid America: Racked by Inflation, Americans Pay Too Much for Drugs

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05/11/2022Antony Sammeroff

The patent system in pharmaceuticals incentivizes firms to game the system for monopoly profits.

Original Article: "Postcovid America: Racked by Inflation, Americans Pay Too Much for Drugs"

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Antony Sammeroff

Antony Sammeroff co-hosts the Scottish Liberty Podcast and has featured prominently on other libertarian themed shows including The Tom Woods Show, Lions of Liberty, School Sucks Podcast, and many more. His book Universal Basic Income — For and Against (with a foreword by Robert P. Murphy) is available in paperback and on Amazon Kindle. His previous self-help book Procrastination Annihilation is free to download from BeYourselfAndLoveIt.com. Antony blogs on economic issues at SeeingNotSeen.Blogspot.com and his articles have also been published by the Scottish Libertarian Party, the Cobden Centre, The Backbencher, The Rational Rise, and ActualAnarchy.com.

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Postcovid America: Racked by Inflation, Americans Pay Too Much for Drugs