By pricing the delivery of generic life-saving drugs like naloxone in the thousands of dollars, pharmaceutical companies are in effect acting like "death panels."
Catalans poured into the streets of Barcelona Saturday following the Spanish prime minister's announcement that he would move to take control of their region.
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He is a regular Truthout columnist and a member of Truthout's Board of Advisers.
