A free market in software, recoded music and video material, and most importantly prescription drugs, would likely make capitalism considerably kinder and reduce inequality. Perhaps no one is allowed at the World Economic Forum, at Davos, who would have made this point when Bill Gates made his plea, but presumably nothing prevents the Wall Street Journal, or other news outlets from pointing out this obvious fact.
--Dean Baker
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