Faculty Spotlight Interview: Shawn Ritenour
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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Faculty Spotlight Interview: George Bragues
George Bragues is the head of the business program at the University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto, Canada.
Property Title Records and Insurance in a Free Society
Opponents of intellectual property often point out that modern patent and copyright are purely legislated, artificial schemes.
P Rights as Monopolistic Grants to Overcome the Public Goods Problem
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
Faculty Spotlight Interview: Robert Lawson
Robert Lawson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Finance at Auburn University.
Randy Barnett’s Federalism Amendment
Last year I discussed Randy Barnett’s proposed constitutional amendment in Randy Barnett’s Prop
Faculty Spotlight Interview: Robert Higgs
Robert Higgs is a Senior Fellow in Political Economy at the Independent Institute and is the editor of Independent Review.
Funding for Creation and Innovation in an IP-Free World
The case against IP is not hard to make; patent and copyright (say) are artificial state-granted monopoly privileges that undercut and invade prope
