More on patents

RE: [spiers] More on patents

Then, I wonder how come the most successful capitalist in the world are in
America? Henry Ford, Rockefellers, Hertz Fa. Bass Fam, Bill Gates, Michael
Dell, Warren Buffet, and oh my goodness lets not forget the thousands and
thousand of poor millionaires in the country with 10 millions or less. I
guess in America a "Not So Free" market can obviously make you richer". I
wonder if there are more successful millionaires in Austria than in the USA?
What has their stock market done lately? and what do their economist have to
say? Mmmmmm. I wonder.........
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From: wileyccc@aol.com [mailto:wileyccc@aol.com]
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Folks,

The first time I went from West Berlin to East Berlin, I saw communism was
bogus (and it was easier under the communists to get thru an airport or
train
station than it is in USA under the Republicans). The first time I went
from
hong Kong to china, I saw that free markets worked. When i self-studied
economics, such arguments as we see here


http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-crane-pilon072903.asp


caused me to reject the Keynesians, Chicago school, Monetarists and
others.
Only the 'austrian school' made any sense, and as far as I could tell,
those
successful in business were essentially "austrian economists" even if they
never heard of Ludwig von Mises, Hayek, Say or Bastiat.


Anyway, apparently the 'free marketers' in the think tanks got flack for
paid
sophistry, so a whole lotta backpedalling going on.


But notice still, they argue about gnats and ticks and miss the 800 pound
gorilla, intellectual property rights.

john

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