Misesblog: Forbes recent published a symposium entitled Blank Slate. Its purpose was to inject a relatively thought provoking reform-minded discourse into various areas of modern civilization such as higher education and prisons. Interestingly enough, one author notes the double-sided, hypocritical stance some advocates of free-markets have on monopolies and specifically patents:
The sole point of a drug patent is to outlaw a free market in the production of a new drug for 20 years, thus ensuring far higher drug prices than a competitive market would ever allow. This ugly bargain is well-meaning—those monopoly profits motivate inventors to discover wonderful drugs that will prolong and enrich our lives But that doesn’t change what the patent system is: a blunt, market-distorting tool that the government uses to manipulate private behavior.
PS: Ou como a propriedade real surgiu espontâneamente (o mútuo reconhecimento e a sua defesa) e a intelectual (nos moldeas actuais) por puro intervencionismo estatista.
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