The Expansion and Restructuring of Intellectual Property and Its Implications for the Developing World.
In this paper we begin with a reference to the work of Hernando de Soto The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else, and his characterization of the Western institution of formal property. We note the linkages that he sees between the institution and success...
| Published in: | Ethical Theory & Moral Practice Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 37 - 61 |
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