Economics 60-Second Paper According to the Washington Post, prescription drug advertising exceeded $4.5 billion in 2014. Why do drug companies spend money on advertising if patent laws protect their monopoly market share? Note: The "60- Second Paper" Writing to Learn task is a fancy title for one minute of free writing. This is meant to be extremely informal writing. Simply spill your ideas onto the paper without worrying about sentence structure, grammar, or spelling. Bullet points work well for this activity! FIND IT: Jason Millman, "It's True: Drug Companies Are Bombarding Your TV with More Ads than Ever," Washington Post, March 23, 2015, washingtonpost.com