SOSC 2330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Monopoly Profit, Profit Motive, Rare Disease
29 Nov 2017
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Canadian charter of rights and freedoms, 1982: focus on right to life, liberty, and security under section 15. Neoliberal reform (1990s: less money spent on social services, media played a role in shifting the thought towards poor people. Imf will offer loans if country changes spending policies; therefore, decrease spending on social services like health care and homeless shelters. Citizens have the ability to challenge constitutionality and legislation. If a policy is protectionist it means that the goal is protecting local economies excluding foreign investors. Heterodox means not neoclassical based on cultural and identity incentives) Breath and duration: breath: how much is permitted to use without authorization, duration: amount of time is permitted to use without authorization. Cost of patent: result in monopoly, monopoly profit. Dissemination: user fees more profit, use in other networks. Can discourage dissemination because motivations may not only be economic.
