Big Government

It appears that Mr. Sunstein wishes to regulate just about everything.

"The new democracy having inherited the power so long used against it, now shows every disposition to use that power as ruthlessly as any other governing organ ever has used it."

Got a problem? Just give the government even more power, and our friendly, competent rulers will take care of everything. I shudder to think that columnists may actually get paid for spouting such childish twaddle.

There was just something too utilitarian and results oriented in Rand's purportedly principled case for IP, and something too artificial about the state's copyright and patent statutory classifications.

If we look beneath the surface of our public affairs, we can discern one fundamental fact, namely, a great redistribution of power between society

Presented by Douglas E. French at “Recovery or Stagnation?,” the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L.

Presented by Walter Block at “Recovery or Stagnation?,” the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L.

"Since most matter in the universe could be used to encode an idea, intellectual property is a claim over the entire universe."

On the other hand, a social order weakens these forces when it promises that if the individual's work is hindered by illness or the effects of a trauma, he shall live without work or with little work and suffer no very noticeable reduction in his income.

The right path to healthcare reform is the market path (no subsidies, no monopolies such as drug patents, no licensure, no anything) that tends toward universal distribution at very low prices and relentless improvement in service. The wrong path is to make healthcare run the same way as the post office.