David S. Shemano wrote:
To me, rent-seeking is the attempt to increase profitability through the lobbying of the state.
What about Microsoft's monopoly rents? The state has made them possible through IP laws, but those are universally applicable; MSFT has no special legal status.
Doug
- public/private, (continued)
- public/private, Forstater, Mathew Fri 30 May 2003, 21:52 GMT
- Public/private, Forstater, Mathew Fri 30 May 2003, 21:58 GMT
- Re: Public/private, Doug Henwood Fri 30 May 2003, 22:06 GMT
- Re: Public/Private, David S. Shemano Fri 30 May 2003, 22:02 GMT
- Re: Public/Private, Doug Henwood Fri 30 May 2003, 22:08 GMT
- Re: Public/Private, Ian Murray Fri 30 May 2003, 22:25 GMT
- Re: Public/Private, Kenneth Campbell Fri 30 May 2003, 23:10 GMT
- Re: Public/Private, Ian Murray Fri 30 May 2003, 23:34 GMT
- Re: Public/Private, Kenneth Campbell Fri 30 May 2003, 23:43 GMT