Against Intellectual Monopoly
| Against Intellectual Monopoly | |
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| Author(s) | Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine |
| Country | United States |
| Subject(s) | Economics |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date |
2005 (online, 1st edition) 2008 (print) |
| Media type | Print, Digital |
| Pages | 298 p. |
| ISBN | 9780521879286 |
| OCLC Number | 187300457 |
Against Intellectual Monopoly is a book written by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine. The text details the utilitarian case against intellectual property, arguing that neither copyright nor patent are part of the free market order, but rather they are the product of positive law, a modern invention of the state, and one that is the enemy of technological progress.
The authors argue that intellectual property is a misnomer; that the term monopoly is more accurate and the text examines the institution the same way all monopolies are examined in economic literature.
See also
Links
- Final online version (2008) (PDF)
- Excerpt from Chapter 1 "James Watt: Monopolist"
- Articles, essays and reviews
- "Ideas, Free and Unfree: A Book Commentary" by Jeffrey A. Tucker, March 2011 (collection of live blog entries from 2009)
- Mises Review: "Against Intellectual Monopoly" by David Gordon, 2009 (republished as Mises Daily here)
- "Intellectual Monopoly is an Unnecessary Evil" by Art Carden, May 2009
- "If You Believe in IP, How Do You Teach Others?" by Jeffrey A. Tucker, November 2009
- "The patent system: End it, don’t mend it" by David K. Levine, Michele Boldrin, December 2009
- Other media
- "Against Intellectual Monopoly" interview with Michele Boldrin, March 2009