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As I noted in Ideas Are Free: The Case Against Intellectual Property, statists used to be much more hones

“We are not printing money” but one wonders where the $600 billion comes from.

Shawn Ritenour is Professor of Economics at Grove City College and adjunct scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He earned a B. A.

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George Bragues is the head of the business program at the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto, Canada.

Opponents of intellectual property often point out that modern patent and copyright are purely legislated, artificial schemes.

Libertarian and other IP advocates sometimes get miffed when you refer to a patent or copyright as a monopoly privilege granted by the state (see m

Robert Lawson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Finance at Auburn University.

Last year I discussed Randy Barnett’s proposed constitutional amendment in Randy Barnett’s Prop

Robert Higgs is a Senior Fellow in Political Economy at the Independent Institute and is the editor of Independent Review.