I’ve previously criticized George Mason economist Alex Tabarrok’s views on patents.1 For example, as noted in Patent Policy on the Back of a Napkin, Tabarrok makes a Laffer-curve style argument that patent rights are currently “too strong.” Of course, he is correct...
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From the Director: Re: Fund Drive, Progress Report
by Scott Horton | Mar 5, 2021 | Featured Articles, Scott Horton
To: Institute supporters, readers and listeners From: the Director: Here's a bit of an Institute progress report. We're in the middle of our Fund drive, which is going great. We've already raised more than $40,000 out of the $50,000 we're pushing for, and a generous...
Can Libertarians Oppose Short Selling?
by Robert Murphy | Feb 25, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Amid the controversy over GameStop, many cynics argued that something sinister was clearly afoot because the hedge funds had shorted 138 percent of the outstanding shares. In this article I’ll review that particular claim, as well as another seemingly dubious...
The Banned Books of the Cold War-Era Soviet Union
by Kym Robinson | Feb 17, 2021 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles
“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”- George R. R. Martin The authoritarian nature of the Soviet Union has been buried by apologist revisionism and has been romanced in the...
Florida Governor’s Attack on ‘Big Tech’ Violates U.S. Constitution
by John Baeza | Feb 11, 2021 | Featured Articles
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis intends to violate both U.S. and Florida Constitutions with his regulation of Facebook, Google and Twitter. If Governor Ron DeSantis signs this legislation into law he will be violating the U.S. Constitution’s Contract Clause as written...
Trump Card – Summary, Analysis, and Criticisms
by Keith Knight | Jan 17, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/yRYZmOgRbmA “This is capitalisms trump card. It encourages creativity and empathy, and puts them at the service of the wants and needs of the people.The inequality the socialist left despises, isn’t created by the entrepreneur. It’s created by us. ...
How the Farm Lobby Stifles the International Market
by James Talocka | Jan 12, 2021 | Featured Articles
Farmers from the major wheat- and rice-growing provinces of India have filed into the capital region to voice their displeasure with recent farm reforms. This comes as India’s government undermines longstanding privileges for farmers in a major transition toward free...
The Case for Anarcho-Capitalism. David Friedman and Keith Knight.
by Keith Knight | Jan 6, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/Ro9s2mI1VNM ... a land without a settled government, whether criminally anarchic or anarcho-capitalist, is almost impossible for an external power to occupy and govern. For there is no political infrastructure, no settled government to whom the...
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It’s a Crazy World
What's to be said about people who grieve over the deaths of Palestinian children in Gaza at the hands of the U.S.-backed Israeli military while simultaneously cheering the Mengele-style wrecking of children's lives in America and elsewhere at the hands of...
Fat Amy Can’t Catch a Break
Fat Amy is a nickname for the F35 Lightning II. As long as an F16 and comparable in weight to a heavy class F15, the F35 isn't necessarily a light aircraft. Flying cost per hour may have been reduced to $34,000 per hour. Maybe. The mission capable rate, the percentage...
Not All Cops Are Child Rapists
But alot of them are. And they always get away with it because all judges are accessories to child rape. They go home and tell their wives and kids at dinner, "I did my job today. I helped a cop get away with raping a kid. Those cops sure do love raping kids. Those...
Consensual Dueling: Bring Back Single Combat
I happen to think that consensual dueling has many positive aspects for civilized societies that would make our lives better. Politicians especially liked to take part in these martial contests, the possibilities in the contemporary milieu are delightful. For those...
Up Against The War – Anti-War Blog
In her 1970 book, Up Against The War, Norma Sue Woodstone gives voice to those who refused conscription and campaigned against the US war in South-East Asia. Men who refused the draft were tarred by polite society as being cowards, ‘Draft Dodgers!’ A slur to be thrown...
Kyle Anzalone on Judge Nap: Foreign Policy Rundown
Check out Kyle’s latest appearance on Judge Napolitano’s show, ‘Judging Freedom.’
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