{"product_id":"owning-the-sun-isbn-9781640095069","title":"Owning the Sun","description":"“An arresting provocation . . . Zaitchik persuasively argues that [the drug industry has] single-mindedly pursued profit maximization by engaging in price gouging, blocking the availability of cheaper generics, and exploiting the patent and regulatory systems to harass and suppress competition.” —Daniel J. Kevles, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Argument starter, thought-provoker, question-asker,\u003ci\u003e Owning the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is a book you need to read now.\" —Terri Schlichenmeyer, \u003ci\u003eThe Goshen News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The history of the rise of patented and monopolized medicine is extremely complex, but Zaitchik manages to effectively weave that history together to show just how much institutional science and medicine has changed since the beginning of the twentieth century.” —Nicholas Greyson Ward, \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Part history lesson on intellectual property and part damning critique . . . Zaitchik’s book is highly informative and deeply troubling reading.\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brave and timely reminder . . . A trenchant study of the dangers of turning medical knowledge into private intellectual property.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Journalist Zaitchik (\u003ci\u003eThe Gilded Rage\u003c\/i\u003e) takes readers through the labyrinthine history of medical patents in this expansive study . . . Zaitchik covers a remarkable amount of ground and never gets lost in the weeds. The result is comprehensive and illuminating.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“With so many Americans unable to afford ever soaring drug prices, Zaitchik’s important [and] insightful history of the rise of Big Pharma demonstrates the urgency of restraining pharmaceutical monopoly power.” ––U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chair\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Riveting. \u003ci\u003eOwning the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e masterfully explains how Big Pharma methodically gained global control over the largely public-funded 'intellectual property' required to manufacture new therapies (like the COVID-19 vaccines). A must read for those wanting to understand how this unfolded.\" —John Abramson, M.D., author of\u003ci\u003e Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Zaitchik\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance journalist. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Intercept\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other publications. This is his third book. He lives in New Orleans.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302241063141,"sku":"NP9781640095069","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781640095069.jpg?v=1767734410","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/owning-the-sun-isbn-9781640095069","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}