Mises Wire

In the Christian Science Monitor, here is George Selgin:

It’s somewhat striking that modern libertarian advocates of patent rights seem bl

Suppose that Iran got a nuclear bomb. Would it be of any use to it? Let’s say the US attacks Iran and kills half of its population.

Or better yet, what do the fashion and dining industries have in common?

Neither has traditionally been protected via IP laws.

Charles K. Eames writes:

Last night, a lady from my neighborhood just delivered her last pint of chicken salad to my door.

James Grant writes in the New York Times today, on cue as

A bizarre letter to the editor in the Business section of the Boston Globe:

Scott Ryan’s

Yesterday the president of the Open Source Initiative attempted to show how the philosophy underscorin