Monopoly and Competition

Coming across a mention of 3D printers in the

Kodak and Sony End Patent Fight.

I pointed out in There’s No Such Thing as a Free Patent that “The conventional defense of the

This morning’s New York Times business page reports

I know nothing about the tire market but it seems clear that the unions

One argument against intellectual property is that property rights should be recognized only in scarce (rivalrous) resources.

The issue of whether non-scarce things like thoughts or labor are ownable has arisen in recent debates—see, e.g.,

A free market of alcohol would become a lucrative market for countless people if left in private hands. By monopolizing it, the Russian government takes bread from the mouths of average families.

Supreme Court Hears Arguments in KSR summarizes the oral arguments for KSR Inte

My friend Carl Horowitz writes a good piece urging Hollywood to