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Rule of the Robots: | |
| Martin Ford | ||
ǻ | Basic Books | ||
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On the Edge | |
| Nate Silver | ||
ǻ | Penguin Press | ||
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The Patent Epidemic | |
Back in 2001, something strange happened in the world of patent law. Microsoft, which had been fighting a lawsuit by Priceline, suddenly gave up. The suit, filed in late 1999, claimed that Priceline had patented its “name your own price” auction strategy, and that no one else could use it without a license from the company. Microsoft had been using a similar strategy on its Expedia travel site and had been arguing in U.S. District Court in Connecticut that the auction method was too obvious to be patented. | ||
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The Flat Tax Cometh | |
There are 8 million words in the Federal Tax Code, and the IRS itself doesn’t even know what they all mean. That code supports an entire industry of lawyers and accountants. Taxpayers in America spend a cumulative 6 billion hours each year just trying to figure out how much they owe the IRS. | ||
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School Vouchers Will | |
In a country that insists on market-driven free enterprise solutions in virtually every aspect of life, it’s ironic that we continue to allow our schools to operate as state-run monopolies. But an increasing number of Americans are beginning to recognize this irony and want to do something about it. | ||