We've Gotten Away From That, So Long as the Price Is Low

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We have allowed ourselves to think that big is better, so long as the price is low. My own personal feeling is, we're through with murgers. We'vet so big right now. There's an epie to them. Particularly as we just said, any merger that comes along, you guys just murger up. It's not not a prom i think we need to.

Author and journalist Sam Quinones talks about his book, The Least of Us, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Quinones focuses on the devastation caused by methamphetamine and fentanyl, the latest evolution of innovation in the supply of mind-altering drugs in the United States. The latest versions of meth, he argues, are more emotionally damaging than before and have played a central role in the expansion of the homeless in tent encampments in American cities. The conversation includes an exploration of the rising number of overdose deaths in the United States and what role community and other institutions might play in reducing the death toll.