In the 21st-century hunt for downloaders, we have, instead of mercantalism, the underlying ideology of IP, the theory that "intellectual property" is akin to real property. An international host of lawyers, rent seekers, and bureaucrats are working for the development and enforcement of IP laws. But they labor under the false assumption that there is a scarcity of ideas
Tudor Smirna
Tudor Smirna was a summer fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in 2001. He is now in Madrid, enrolled in the Austrian masters program created by Jesus Huerta de Soto at Rey Juan Carlos University. He also owns a small tea business in Bucharest.
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Financial meltdowns and exploding funds have discredited the free capital market in Romania. But was it a case of market, or government, failure? Tudor Smirna investigates.
