Venkatesh Rao@vgr1621: England had > 700 monopolies ('Why Nations Fail' book). Today US has > 800 profs req licensing. Per capita improvement, but still...11:46 PM · Aug 25, 20148 Retweets16 Likes
Thomas Mangee@thomasso_m·Aug 26, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr @pmarca Interesting analysis. Having worked and lived in Spain for over 6 years I have a plethora of comments on "why"
Kevin Marks kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks@kevinmarks·Aug 26, 2014Replying to @ismurray@ismurray @vgr @pmarca almost all. They left an exception for inventions, which is why we're stuck with patents still