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Jan 22, 2020
9:49:01am
Linescratcher All-American
POLL: Patents and Trademarks: An inherent positive feature of capitalism, or antithetical to capitalism?
Are patents government-sanctioned monopoly that run counter to notions of capitalism and free enterprise?

Or are they simply the means of protecting property rights, which rights are a necessary precondition to the existence/functioning of capitalism?

Comments, nuances, clarifications welcome in comments



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