Re:YC Research: Universal Healthcare
by SilasX on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @03:45PM
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>Funding research through banning a buyer from negotiating with its suppliers is pretty much the definition of a Rube Goldberg device.
It's exactly how normal (non-monopsony) markets work in every context, including markets for intellectual works/IP.
Note: in this context, "negotiating" means "turning the national market into a monopsony". It's generally recognized as not-a-pure-good-thing when e.g. Walmart comes close to doing that and forces sellers to nearly take a loss in return for access to Walmart's market.
(And before anyone makes the obvious point, yes, I know "health care ain't a can of beans etc etc etc". But with respect to the dangers of monopsonies, it's close enough.)
It's exactly how normal (non-monopsony) markets work in every context, including markets for intellectual works/IP.
Note: in this context, "negotiating" means "turning the national market into a monopsony". It's generally recognized as not-a-pure-good-thing when e.g. Walmart comes close to doing that and forces sellers to nearly take a loss in return for access to Walmart's market.
(And before anyone makes the obvious point, yes, I know "health care ain't a can of beans etc etc etc". But with respect to the dangers of monopsonies, it's close enough.)