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IP: The Objectivists Strike Back!
It is clear to anyone who pays attention that IP is under assault–both institutionally, as digital copying, encryption, distributed information, the Internet, and the inherent impotence of IP policing make attempts to monopolize information patterns increasingly futile; and intellectually, as more and more people, especially libertarians–and especially younger libertarians–see the injustice of IP made... »
Bastiat Does Not Go Far Enough
In his twelve essays, Bastiat methodically reveals the fallacies in the established political doctrine of his day by identifying what proponents failed to consider (the unseen) in the policies they advocated. FULL ARTICLE by Louis Carabini | Click here to read the entire... »
Housing Upside Down
Very seldom do the proponents of public housing say frankly that they believe in the socialization of property. They talk of there being a place for... »
Contra Law and Economics
It was Austrian economics and its proponents who raised eyebrows when they first explored the writings of what is here referred to as “standard Law & Economics,” i.e., mainly the thought of Judge Richard Posner. FULL ARTICLE by Martin Fronek Click here to read the entire article… Technorati... »
Levine & Boldrin: The patent system: End it, don’t mend it
“The patent system: End it, don’t mend it“–”From AIDS to Android phones, research shows that intellectual property rights are detrimental to the social good.” Superb, concise piece in The Christian Science Monitor, by David K. Levine and Michele Boldrin, authors of Against Intellectual Monopoly. It is common to argue that intellectual property (IP) in the... »
