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"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"

Art as commodity versus art as protest

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 24, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #155
Artist Nan Goldin lies on the ground in a "die-in" protest at a museum.
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Where will the opioids settlement money go?

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 16, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #154
Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain are pictured.
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"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"

Why the Sacklers are shielded from future opioids lawsuits

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 10, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #153
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Nan Goldin versus the Sacklers

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 2, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #152
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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges

by Associated Press
Oct 21, 2020
The drugmaker will also pay a settlement of more than $8 billion, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
OxyContin is displayed at a drugstore in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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Would a $10 billion Purdue settlement reach towns affected by the opioid crisis?

by Kai Ryssdal and Caitlin Esch
Aug 28, 2019
A proposed settlement would reportedly see the OxyContin maker declaring bankruptcy and paying big. Is that enough for people on the ground?
A homemade sign says "Think drugs gets you high give God a try," on a front lawn in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. The town in Wise County has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic.
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