> Did you see the piece on property rts in the Atlantic Monthly of
> a month or two ago? Thought- provoking. I used it in class and
> it stirred up quite a bit of discussion. If you'd like a copy
> I'll send it on.
Yes. Please do, or at least give me an exact reference.
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> Frankly, I'm not really sure how it can be a defense against the
> ravages of the market. Or rather, I know how it can be a
> defense, but I don't see how it would work and why we would want
> to support the concepts of rights and property in this fashion.
I did not mean that we should support the corporate rights. In fact, I am convinced that attacking these rights is a very important task at this moment -- of course, not to the exclusion of other tactics.
These monopolies, whether a swoosh or a Microsoft program, are relatively immune from competition. I could, of course, begin to sell tennis shoes, but first I would have to hire expensive athletes -- maybe not so expensive now with the lock out.
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Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901