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Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:21 PM

Published 11/07/2009 by ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed


Barbara Ehrenreich on the swine flu supply problem [Effect Measure]

I first read Barbara Ehrenreich in 1971 when she wrote The American Health Empire: Power, Profits, and Politics with her (then) husband John Ehrenreich (Health PAC, 1971). She was by then a PhD in cell biology (Rockefeller University) and anti-war activist. We traveled in the same circles and I knew her slightly at the...

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