9780465029167 9780465018987 046501898X 9780465012596 electronic book 0465012590 electronic book
Alternate Call Number
T 221 HEL.G
Summary
Examines the consequences of excessive property rights creating an underuse of resources, addressing such issues as excessive patent rights that inhibit the development of life-saving drugs, real estate practices that lead to a loss of family estates, and copyright laws.
Note
Résumé de : The gridlock economy : how too much ownership wrecks markets, stops innovation, and costs lives / Michael Heller. New York : Basic Books, c2008.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-246) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. The tragedy of the anticommons; 2. Welcome to the lexicon; 3. Where are the cures? 4. You can't hear me now; 5. Block parties, share choppers, and Banana Republics; 6. Empty Moscow storefronts; 7. The world is mine oyster; 8. A solutions toolkit.