Commentary
Social Policy

Reforms targeting “patent thickets” would speed up the arrival of lower-cost drugs

On July 10, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 (S.150), sponsored by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), was fast-tracked and passed the Senate by unanimous consent.

July 18, 2024 • Lawson Mansell
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Podcasts

The conservative vision of Edward C. Banfield, with Kevin Kosar

Edward C. Banfield (1916-99), the conservative political scientist who spent most of his career at Harvard University, was one of the most eminent and controversial scholars of the twentieth century. His best-known work, The Unheavenly City (1970), was a deeply informed but unsparing criticism of Great Society-era attempts to alleviate urban poverty.…

July 17, 2024 • Geoff Kabaservice
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Events

Virtual event: Economic consequences of weak governance and policy instability

Please join the Niskanen Center and the Budget Lab at Yale on July 23 at 3:00 p.m.EST

July 17, 2024
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Reforms targeting “patent thickets” would speed up the arrival of lower-cost drugs
By Lawson Mansell
The conservative vision of Edward C. Banfield, with Kevin Kosar
By Geoff Kabaservice
Virtual event: Economic consequences of weak governance and policy instability