http://www.metafilter.com/tags/economictheory Posts tagged with 'economictheory' at MetaFilter. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:09:53 -0800 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:09:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/62292/Free%2DParking <a href="http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/againstnew.htm">A games and economic theory argument against intellectual property.</a> Watt's on first in academic paper. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62292 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:09:53 -0800 Boldrin copyright copyrights DavidLevine economics economictheory gamestheory JamesWatt Levin MicheleBoldrin patent patents SteamEngine Watt klangklangston http://www.metafilter.com/35501/Property%2DIntellectual%2DProperty%2Dand%2DFree%2DRiding <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=582602">My cattle grazing grounds are not my idea and vice versa.</a> But thanks to laws I can "own" the idea as if the idea was a cow ; link goes to a interesting university-level paper [PDF]. The author makes some interesting analysis and points attention to the fact that current intellectual property laws can go against well established economic theories at the expense of free market competition theory, technical innovations and society-as-a-whole best interest. <br><br> Recommended to people with economic theory experience , but also to everyday public-goods-privatization opposers as the paper isn't (intentionally) way too technical. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.35501 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:20:14 -0800 competition economictheory economy law market elpapacito