Mises Wire

Apparently the discovery of penicillin is often trotted out as a classic case showing the importance of having the innovation-incentives of a paten

I’ve recently bemoaned the damage done to RIM, the manufacturer of the Blackberry, by

Sez Senator Charles Schumer. The pharmaceutical company Merck is facing generic competition for its cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor.

New EH.Net book review by Bob Higgs:

As noted on the notorious Liberty and Power blog (well, notorious for having banned me once, a

Don Boudreaux, an inspired George Mason University Econ professor, takes issue in a recent blog with a radio reporter.

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

Should you be able to wear orange lederhosen at a World Cup match?