Patent Trolls and Empirical Thinking
Patent trolls are under increasing attack of late—patent owners who don’t actually de
Mises Wire
Patent and Penicillin
Apparently the discovery of penicillin is often trotted out as a classic case showing the importance of having the innovation-incentives of a paten
Higgs on Government Programs and Economic Growth
New EH.Net book review by Bob Higgs:
Open Letter on Immigration
As noted on the notorious Liberty and Power blog (well, notorious for having banned me once, a
We Love Our Post Office
Don Boudreaux, an inspired George Mason University Econ professor, takes issue in a recent blog with a radio reporter.
Rand and Marx
I wrote an Objectivist friend the other day, “No matter what your stance on IP, surely you must wince to read Rand write: “patents are
Can You Drink Coke at a Match Sponsored by Pepsi?
Should you be able to wear orange lederhosen at a World Cup match?
Mutualism: A Philosophy for Thieves
The collapse of socialism-communism has not only given rise to the remarkable growth of environmentalism, as a replacement outlet for hostility to
