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Yesterday | Mises Economics Blog

Kinsella v. Schulman on Logorights and IP

December 26, 2009 7:52 AM by Stephan Kinsella I previously posted " On J. Neil Schulman's Logorights "; Schulman and I recently had an interesting exchange in the comments section of the cross-post on my blog.

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Tue Dec 15, 2009

Boston Globe

Corporate greed and disaster? Like pages from a crime novel

DECADES LATER, the gig with the economy would end badly for the erstwhile saxophone player.

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Sun Dec 13, 2009

Free Republic

Romancing the Stone-Cold Killer: Ayn Rand and William Hickman

"A wonderful, free, light consciousness" born of the utter absence of any understanding of "the necessity, meaning, or importance of other people." Obviously, Ayn Rand was most favorably impressed with Mr.

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Thu Dec 10, 2009

Mises Economics Blog

Objectivists: 'All Property is Intellectual Property'

December 9, 2009 11:44 AM by Stephan Kinsella So says Adam Mossoff , Objectivist law professor, here : Just FYI, I am just about to complete my first draft of my article, tentatively titled, "A Value-Based Theory of Intellectual Property," in which I explain why intellectual property rights are a fundamental property right.

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Tue Dec 08, 2009

The Nation

Slacker Friday

My Nation column is called "Saving Journalism ," and it's about the various conflicts I've noticed over my career in journalism and academia, and the reasons this will make it difficult for academics to step in where journalism disappears, and it's here .

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Sun Dec 06, 2009

Illinoisreview

Ayn Rand Flawed, but Her Novels Still Shine

With the continued popularity of Ayn Rand's work, nearly thirty years after her death, we continue to see attacks, usually focusing more on her than on her work.

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Sat Dec 05, 2009

The Volokh Conspiracy

Is Ayn Rand Bad for Libertarianism?

In this Wall Street Journal article , Heather Wilhelm argues that Ayn Rand is bad for libertarianism because her personal obnoxiousness and emphasis on the "virtue of selfishness" and celebration of a small entrepreneurial elite tends to alienate potential adherents.

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Pharma Marketing Blog

Atlas Did NOT Shrug! FDA Makes (Some) Comments Public

Yesterday, I started my Quixotic quest to impel the FDA to make available for public viewing the comments that have been submitted to Docket FDA-2009-N-0441: Promotion of FDA-Regulated Medical Products Using the Internet and Social Media Tools .

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Thu Dec 03, 2009

Examiner.com

Ayn Rand and the tea party movement

Ayn Rand at 100; a resurgence? This is a strange topic to put before you, in part because it may not have broad reach for many.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Politics in the Zeros

Dead Battery of the Decade Award: Alan Greenspan

Wall Street Cheat Sheet gives this prestigious award to the man who without him, the financial collapse could not have happened - Alan Greenspan.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Baristanet.com

Parents Fret About K-8 School Planned for Washington Street

Parents who showed up at the Montclair Board of Education meeting last night expressed concern that the newest plan for Washington Street School would compromise the programs of Rand and Renaissance Schools and put the school at full capacity, with no room for growth, from day one.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Cognitive Daily

What Is the Heritability of Being an A--hole?

Category: Genetics IQ WhatEVAH! Posted on: November 17, 2009 10:05 AM, by Mike I've finished reading Richard Nisbett's Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count , which is a wonderful counterargument to Charles Murray's genetic conservatism : intelligence, typically ascertain using IQ, is highly heritable, so there's little ...

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Mises Economics Blog

Rand on IP, Owning 'Values', and 'Rearrangement Rights'

November 16, 2009 4:31 PM by Stephan Kinsella In Jeff Tucker's superb article If You Believe in IP, How Do You Teach Others? , he notes Rand's increasing focus on exalting the creator and elevating "intellectual rights" to such a height that they totally trump real rights.

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Boing Boing

Peter Bagge comic about Ayn Rand

This is a pretty good analysis, I think. Except for that last panel. I'm sure there are violence-advocating extreme leftists out there.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Big Picture

Ayn Rand: The Boring Bitch is Back

There is a substantial take-down of pedantic bore Ayn Rand in GQ . They tease it thusly: 2009's most influential author is a mirthless Russian-American who loves money, hates God, and swings a gigantic dick.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Corner

Welcome Back, Ms. Rand! -- By: Andrew Stuttaford

Rand was what she was and her philosophy was what it was, but beyond the ranks of a few of the pur and the dur , her true significance in today's miserable age of Obama is as a more general symbol of individualism and economic liberty.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

The Corner

Rand or Thatcher? -- By: Iain Murray

Peter, Like Andrew, I think Rand is a symbol rather than a movement philosopher.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

Politico: What Makes 2009 The Year of Ayn Rand?

What makes 2009 the Year of Ayn Rand is that there's a growing acceptance of the author's most stringent beliefs.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Reason Magazine

She's Back

Ayn Rand is bigger than ever. But are her new fans radical enough for capitalism? Ayn Rand, the Russian-born novelist and philosopher, died in 1982.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

American Prospect Online

Hey, guy! What are you holding up?

"It was the most fascinating thing I'd ever read," he announced to the Cato Institute audience.

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