Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics

Tags: Philosophy and Methodology, Private Property, Value and Exchange

10/09/2010 Stephan Kinsella Jeffrey A. Tucker

Jeffrey Tucker interviews Stephan Kinsella, instructor of the Mises Academy’s forthcoming course, “Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics”. Recorded 9 October 2010.

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