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“The Capital Market . . . is Essentially Totalitarian”

Ingolf Eide
August 12, 2008August 13, 2008
This started out as a comment on Don's recent post on Hamilton (for which I second or third -- the praise). Totting up the word...
Economics and public policy IT and Internet Law

The lawyers creating unnecessary intellectual property rents – again

Nicholas Gruen
August 12, 2008June 26, 2017
Here is today's column for the Financial Review. Patently there's a problem As Mark Twain said, It ain't what you don't know that gets you...
Economics and public policy Law

Copyright “too depressing” blogger’s resignation shock!

Nicholas Gruen
August 12, 2008August 12, 2008
Brian Fitzgerald drew my attention to this sad valedictory post at The Patry Copyright Blog. 2. The Current State of Copyright Law is too depressing...

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