Episode · EconTalk · 2023-01-30

Russ Roberts & Vinay Prasad: books mentioned on EconTalk (Jan 2023)

Vinay Prasad on Pharmaceuticals, the FDA, and the Death of Duty

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Oncologist and epidemiologist Vinay Prasad argues that too many very expensive drugs get approved by the FDA that have very limited impact on the lives of patients. Prasad explains the incentives that distort the current system.

Vinay Prasad discussed A Time to Build by Yuval Levin.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   A Time to Build

   Yuval Levin · at 44:44

   A Time to Build by Yuval Levin is a political science book that examines the decline of institutional duty and how modern citizens increasingly use public platforms for self-aggrandizement rather than upholding communal norms.

   Discussed

   “you've all been in a very nice book a time to build talks about how most people use their platform whatever they have is it whether it's an academic platform or a government platform”

   Vinay Prasad Vinay Prasad on Pharmaceuticals, the FDA, and the Death of Duty 2023-01-30 Listen at 44:44

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