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McCain is out
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27/08/2008 10:58:34
 
 
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27/08/2008 10:14:48
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Politics
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Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01339359
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>>>>>>>BTW, I still don't understand why are American pharmaceutical companies selling their expensive drugs in other countries so far below its market price? I mean, the price here is the honest market price - what they sell them for in Canada must be unfair competition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Two words : Price controls
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Of course, you already knew that.
>>>>>
>>>>>but it did not fit to the task: corporation must be guilty.
>>>>
>>>>It's all so easy if you ignore all governmental blockades to a free market, you can then blame corporations for not being fair and proclaim the free market doesn't exist.
>>>
>>>Actually, 'blame corporations first' demagogues are a bit more sophisticated. They tell that 'free market does not work properly and should be improved', by applying another batch of blockades and prohibitions.
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>>Yes, and they should be ashamed. The corporations should be free to sell a $0.11 drug at $250, if the market can take it.
>
>The very idea of free market includes price mechanism based on supply/demand. It means that some company can sell some product for, let say, $250 unless another company comes up with the similar product selling it for $200. At this point, the first company will have to cut prices.

The truth is that the 1st company will sue the 2nd one, and due to court costs etc, the price of the drug will go to $350.

>It is very amusing that I have to explain you these simple things.
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