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Do IP Laws Promote Innovation? Empirical Evidence Suggests the Opposite.

Bureaucracy and Regulation

Blog11/01/2019Andrew Kern

Proponents claim intellectual property laws are necessary to promote scientific and artistic innovation. Empirical evidence suggests the opposite is true.

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Dr. Peter Klein on Silicon Valley Socialism

Cronyism and CorporatismMedia and CultureSocialismStrategy

10/05/2018Audio/VideoPeter G. KleinJeff Deist

Peter Klein addresses how the technology sector has drastically changed in recent years—focusing on influence instead of innovation.

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Do Graduate Degrees Produce Value?

Blog12/13/2017Peter G. Klein

The case for not taxing tuition waivers is the same as the case for not taxing anything else. There's nothing magical about graduate degrees.

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Did The Free Market Kill Coal?

Big GovernmentThe EnvironmentInterventionism

Blog01/20/2017Riley Keaton

Leftists often blame "the free market" for the demise of the coal industry. "And good riddance," they say. But, markets had very little to do with it.

Embrace Unilateral Free Trade with the UK — Right Now

Ryan McMaken

Americans ought to begin thinking of trade between the US and the UK as something comparable to trade between California and Idaho.

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Why the Courts Aren't All They're Supposed to Be

Lee Friday

The government accepts no legal obligation to provide specified law enforcement services in exchange for the taxes it forcibly extracts from the citizenry. A clearly defined and voluntarily accepted reciprocal agreement between the government and the citizens has never existed.

The US Economy Is Being Japanified — Thanks to the Fed

Andrew Moran

Central bankers are increasingly talking about raising the inflation target above 2 percent. Are negative interest rates next?

Chilean Protesters Could End Chile's Decades of Progress

José Niño

The history of Latin America is filled with tragic stories of countries reaching great heights — Argentina and Venezuela come to mind — and then falling back to mediocrity. Chile could be next if the protesters get their way.