Is Intellectual Property Protection a Hidden Transfer of Wealth from Society To A Few?

If there is a sacred cow in America, it is Protection of Intellectual Property or IP in short. There is good reason for this practice. Most of the world’s inventions are American in origin. American society has been enriched by the inventions of its citizens, individuals and corporations. If these inventions are not protected by…

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“Are you from the Pakistani army or the Sindh army?” – This Quote from the New York Times Shook Us

Last week, we wrote an article titled The 2010 Flood in Pakistan – Similar Disasters, Similar Consequences? The point of this article was to compare today’s flood with the deadliest cyclone on record that hit East Pakistan in 1970.  It is a matter of fact that the mishandling of that 1970 disaster by the Panjabi-Pakistani…

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A GMization of the America – A Trite but Real Description of America’s Structural Problem and Solution?

By now, it is clear that the problems facing America’s economy and recovery are structural. This week, Tom Friedman of the New York Times came out with an opinion about the structural problems facing America. Friedman discusses three structural problems in his article. First he points out the enormous debt America has piled on to…

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