Without losing your minds and making it political, why does Martin shkreli get a bad wrap (personality aside..I see that he's pretty egotistical)? Looks like capitalism at work ..albeit cold

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I fundamentally disagree with your argument. Economics that disregards human nature is somewhere between callous and incorrect.

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Just looks at his face... I could know nothing else about him and I'd still want to throat punch him. Just based on his face.

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The fraud doesn't help

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And you can't reference capitalism and then tell people not to "get political"

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Sure, but you're creating a false dichotomy there - between emotion and rational views of the markets. Behavioral economics and some level of empathy don't preclude rational analysis of markets, they just extend economics beyond mathematics.

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If you ignore all the bullshit the media says, what he does is actually very good for the world but he acts like a troll. He specializes in extremely rare diseases that large pharmaceutical won't spend the r&d on. He bought the rights for an old drug that is used for a very rare disease (media will claim it's still being used for hiv, but it hasn't been for 20+ yrs), upped the price by 1000% for insurered patients, and uses the profit to do r&d for more very rare diseases. He just trolls people about it

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I don't think egotism is a sufficient word to describe him. Also, unfettered capitalism doesn't go down well with people when it means life-saving medications become insanely expensive.

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The only good wrap is Saran

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Fair point. "Life saving" drugs is irrelevant in terms of capitalism though, it's just a product/widget. No need to appeal to emotions in an economic discussion. Is it political though? Liberal doesn't necessarily mean anti-capitalism, and conservative sure doesn't either

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Fair, we have differing view points. I'd argue, that being unimpaired by emotion is crucial for a markets success. Agree to disagree.

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Are you kidding me?

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He paid consultants (pricing) first and politicians(price protection) next. Big mistake. Always should be the opposite

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