[ExI] Why is “cost of living” such a big problem?

[Keith Henson]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> > *On Behalf Of *Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Why is “cost of living” such a big problem?
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> On Thu, Nov 5, 2026, 5:41 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
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> >…Medicine does cost a lot more in the USA, for reasons we already
> established…
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> >…Sweden's IP laws are comparable to the USA's.  This is not the primary
> reason for higher drug prices in the USA…. Adrian
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> Good then we should just use low priced medications developed in Sweden
> and not buy them from us.
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We are already buying a lot of designed in the US medications from China or
the precursors.

But within a few years we will be buying designed in China drugs because
their Pharma is growing larger than the US.

I could say a lot about Indian drugs, but for it to make sense I would have
to talk about stuff I don't often mention.

Keith

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Best wishes,

Keith
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