Against Intellectual Monoply

I've neglected to note--and praise--the publication of Against Intellectual Monopoly, a multidisciplinary case against patents and copyrights by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine, two pro-market, pro-property economists. If you are interested in the subject, this is the book to read.

Make sure, also, to read their recent Freeman article, co-written with Alessandro Nuvolari, on how the steam-engine patents delayed rather than encouraged innovation.

The Freeman Online

In case you haven't noticed, The Freeman now has its own website: TheFreemanOnline.org. Visit today!

Thank You, Pete Boettke

With humility and honor I acknowledge this post from Pete Boettke at the always-worth-reading Austrian Economists blog. Thank you, Pete.

The Freeman, November

The November Freeman is now online. The table of contents is here.

The Freeman, October

The Freeman, October 2008, is off the press and online at FEE's website. The cover article by David Henderson is titled, "Let's Not Be Energy Independent." Here's more:

"Politicians Eye the Oil Market," by Robert Murphy
"Making Social Security More Harmful," by J.R. Clark and Dwight R. Lee
"Language, Loyalty, and Liberty," by Becky Akers
"Commerce, Markets, and Peace: Richard Cobden's Enduring Lessons," by Edward P. Stringham
"Beyond Municipal Wireless," by Steven Titch
"The Subprime Crisis Shows That Government Intervenes Too Little in Financial Markets?" by Lawrence H. White
"The Holiday That Isn't," by Lawrence W. Reed
"Mendacity by Metaphor," by Thomas Szasz
"The Great Escape from the Great Depression," by Robert Higgs
"Legalize All Drugs," by John Stossel
"Worker Freedom in Peril," by Charles Baird