Authors Forum: Property, Freedom & Society | Stephan Kinsella

Part of the Authors Forum, presented by Stephan Kinsella at the 2010 Austrian Scholars Conference. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton. The ASC is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian School, and is for scholars interested or working in this intellectual tradition. Held at the Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, March 11-13, 2010

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[FreiheitKampfer]

Why are these vids so short?

[lawlkekbur]

It's the Authors' Forum. They merely describe the books they've written in around 5-7 minutes instead of speaking for an hour about a broader topic.

[skytrooper1980]

i meant to say, "common sense says this is NOT fair," not "common sense says this is fair" My mistake.

[skytrooper1980]

i meant to say, "common sense says this is not fair"

[skytrooper1980]

But what if a bigger business catches wind of your idea before you have the chance to release it to the world and claims it as their own? Then that really does kind of harm the original thinker and creator. It harms the individual, not humanity though. I suppose this is the democratic argument, defining the ethical principle as protecting the greater good, the hive, not the individual. Common sense says this is fair. I'm just playing the devil's advocate for a moment though.

[skytrooper1980]

It's interesting that an anti intellectual property guys writes a book...I wonder if it's copyrighted? This guy is very intelligent and has some really great ideas for civilization.

[sov19871987]

I agree.

But I buy anyway, just for my personal library

[kmg501]

Nice people and I appreciate that Mises publishes these works online at no cost to readers so that this thinking is disseminated as widely as possible.

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