patents

Time to End Patent Monopolies

Patent monopolies helped cause the opioid crisis. The COVID crisis has shown we can do better without them.

By Dean Baker

Is a Vaccine Really Coming?

It will take a while, says Yale’s Gregg Gonsalves. And when it comes—the government must consider setting the price.

By Gregg Gonsalves

COVID-19 and the People's Vaccine

After decades of price gouging, a lack of access to essential medicines, and millions of unnecessary deaths, it's time for science in the public interest.

By Sophia Crabbe-Field

It's Not the Technology

The winners and losers of technological advancement  are determined by very deliberate policy choices—namely patents and copyright law—not the technology itself.

By Dean Baker

New Tools to Promote Competition

By Lina Khan