There's this interesting thing that happens, which is that there's these drugs that are proprietary and under patent. And eventually what happens is when they go generic, then folks will step in and make lower cost versions of those generics. So long and short of it is there's all these classes of drugs that kind of like stand alone without enough competition. I think there are two ways to solve this problem. One is where the government steps in,. but the better way has already been happening in the United States.
0:00 Bestie intro plus a new moderator!
7:19 Adam Neumann raises $350M from a16z for his new residential real estate startup Flow
25:32 Housing policy: Bay Area, Houston, Miami differences
45:41 China, Saudi Arabia, Russia increase relations: should the US be worried?
1:01:09 Inflation Reduction Act signed into law: climate change impact, CBO scorecard, IRS beefed up, carbon tax, big pharma pricing, and more
1:29:47 Chamath ends his spat with Phil Hellmuth, FBI raid follow-up
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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/16/xi-jinping-saudi-arabia-trip-middle-east-influence-00052023
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollars-for-chinese-oil-sales-11647351541
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-to-join-russia-military-exercises-as-u-s-rivals-deepen-ties-11660755790
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/saudi-pif-buys-shares-alphabet-zoom-microsoft-us-shopping-spree-2022-08-16
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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/02/what-a-carbon-tax-can-do-and-why-it-cannot-do-it-all
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