When I was writing about property rights in May, I got good feedback from some of you about distinctions in intellectual property rights and their questionable usefulness. Harvard Economist Greg Mankiw has an interesting post on his blog today called The Limits of Intellectual Property. Within the post, he links a book available online called Against Intellectual Monopoly by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine. I haven't read it yet, but I look forward to it.
The Limits of Intellectual Property
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3 responses to “The Limits of Intellectual Property”
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Mike,
Thanks for the pingback. I have not read the book, and honestly right now there are a few areas I need to read before I get there. The article itself made some good observations … but I think it was kinda general. I will read all the comments and say more when I get a chance.
Will you be at Glorieta next month? I am going and hope to see you there. I would love to see a conversation about Free Software and Free Software ethics and how they inform some of our theological ideals.
Nate -
Honestly, this is not that big of news, except in some parts of the Economics world it is popular nowadays to think that if we could somehow just settle all ambiguity in property rights and complete the markets that the Kaldor-Hicksian efficient optimal outcome would emerge.
dlw -
“Will you be at Glorieta next month?”
Nate, I will not be able to be there this year due to a oonflict in schedules. I’m bummed but maybe next year.
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