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Economists Argue Patent System Should Be Abolished

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday February 6, 2013 @02:31AM from the cold-war dept.

nukem996 writes "Two economists at the St. Louis Federal Reserve have published a paper arguing that the American patent system should be abolished. The paper recognizes the harm the current patent system has caused not only to the technology sector but the health sector as well."

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Re:Been saying that... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-06 03:08 · Score: 0, Troll

Please explain how free market is a fallacy.
Please also cite your sources and please, don't use ad-hominem attacks, they only make you come off like an idiot/asshat which, I am sure you are not.