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by jaccola 27 days ago
The counter argument is that the free market also allows lots of money to be made on anti-obesity drugs which incentivises them to be researched.

Maybe we wouldn’t have had GLP-1 (at all or as quickly) without the huge market that is the USA.

Not saying I fully buy this argument but it is at least plausible defence of libertarianism.