Making a list and checking it twice
It’s that time of year here in Ohio: time to make a list and check it twice. Christmas gift list? Not in this instance.
Mises Wire
Objectivists on the PRO-IP Act
In “PRO-IP, Rights, and the Roots of Copyright Opposition” in the Randian “Capitalism” magazine
The Over-reliance on State Classifications: “Employee” and “Shareholder”
The state takes over and corrupts many institutions and aspects of life--roads, communications, law and justice, healthcare, money, defense, police
Merrill’s David Rosenberg discovers Rothbard
In his November 17, 2008, ML report, David Rosenberg writes:
Why not $50 trillion? Make up any number you want
"the U.S. government has put itself on the hook for some $5 trillion, so far, in an attempt to arrest a collapse of the financial system."
Deregulation Reduces Racial Discrimination
The Economist connects regulation with (the opportunity) to discriminate in hiring and compensation through the reduction in competition that inevitably attends regulation even where reduction of competition is not the hidden purpose of the regulation.
Obama Transition Team Member on “Optimizing” the Patent System
As noted here here, one of Obama’s transition “team
The Hypocrisy of State Collusion
Recent headlines speak volumes about the hypocrisy of the state.
Method Patents Must be “Useful, Concrete, Tangible”—Oh, I don’t know!
The November 2008 Intellectual Property Colloquium discusses the recent In re Bilski patent decision by the CAFC.
