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Who’s funding the Covid-19 cure gold rush? You are…or you did

April 29, 2020 Bob Sullivan 1

Have you ever donated a few dollars to some kind of research for a cure, only to realize later that a large publicly-traded company is making billions of dollars off that research? If you’ve ever paid U.S. taxes, the answer should be yes. I’m rooting for pharmaceutical companies to find [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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