Tuesday Links Posted on December 13, 2022 by John C. Goodman Snakebites are worse than we thought: They kill between 81,000 and 138,000 people each year, and leave another 400,000 with permanent disabilities. Contra PhARMA: Profit growth at the largest pharmaceutical companies—driven by price hikes on older, branded, monopoly drugs—rarely leads to the development of innovative new medicines, according to a FREOPP study. Heritage study: The federal government spent $279 billion of taxpayers’ money on improper payments in 2021 alone. That is more than $2,000 per U.S. household. Does coffee drinking increase your life expectancy? Or, do we never seem to tire of bad studies?
