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Externalities All the Way Down: A Response to Huemer on Land Rent
Matt Zwolinski defends the idea of drawing a basic income guarantee from a land value tax.
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BIG and BIGger – On the Feasibility of a Basic Income
Matt Zwolinski explains why it's worth advocating a Basic Income Guarantee.
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The True Story of How the Patent Bar Captured a Court and Shrank the Intellectual Commons
Eli Dourado shows how special interests took control of the most important U.S. patent court, and how innovation has suffered as a result.
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Facts and Fables: A Long-Run Perspective on the Patent System
Zorina Khan argues that our patent system isn't broken, and that claims of regulatory capture in the patent courts are simply false.
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In Favor of “Good Property-Defining Institutions” … and Opposed to Bad “Reforms”
John F. Duffy doesn't mind reforming the patent system - if by reform, we don't mean abolishing it.
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What’s the Best Way to Fix the Patent System’s Problems?
No patent law regime is perfect, says Christina Mulligan. All have costs, so we have to ask carefully about each of them.
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Our Hero, Armed with a Blunderbuss, Sets Out to Slay Some Trolls
Eli Dourado discusses software patents, patent trolls, and the weapons we use to fight them.
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What Is a Software Patent?
Christina Mulligan asks just what it is we're purportedly doing away with.