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>>Doesn't it seem a bit bizarre that we need to depend on finding a way to
>>market pharmaceuticals to the relatively well to do in order that they be
>>produced to save not so well to do lives?
It *is* a logical consequence of having a market economy. In a market
economy, there has to be money demand for something before it is
produced--and you have to have income before you can demand stuff.
Africa: very little income, hence very little demand, hence
pharmaceutical companies have a strong incentive to work on things
for which there is a large demand--like better forms of viagra.
Brad DeLong
