American Economic Association An Introduction to the Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Author(s): Stanley M. Besen and Leo J. Raskind Reviewed work(s): Source: The Journal of Economic Perspectives‚ Vol. 5‚ No. 1 (Winter‚ 1991)‚ pp. 3-27 Published by: American Economic Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1942699 . Accessed: 24/11/2011 08:39 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Healthcare reform The issue of mandating healthcare has been a hot topic for many years in the US government. Even though there is no mention of the right to healthcare in the United States Constitution. Some speculate that it is implied under the 14th Amendment‚ which states in the first section that no state shall deprive any citizen of life‚ liberty‚ or property without due process of law. Some argue that the government is violating the 14th Amendment by not making healthcare available to people
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DISCUSS SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE VALUES AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS ENGLISH ARE EXPRESSED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. My EMA investigates values and attitudes towards the persuasive power of rhetoric in the USA and values and attitudes to English language policy and education in China. I have chosen these because I thought I would be interesting to investigate two different contexts in which English language has a totally different significance. What values and attitudes to English are
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For most Americans over the majority of the Nations existence has held the United States of America to a high standard. Americans expect the government to do a vast number of jobs that benefit the individual. With such high standards over the past 241 years the United State of America has progressed at attaining the goals of the general public‚ or atleast it seems that way. Globally‚ the United States of America has the strongest economy‚ 3rd wealthiest gdp per capita and the strongest most advance
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STUDIES: BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY AND ITS ETHICAL ISSUES SUMMARY Bhopal Gas Tragedy was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered one of the world’s worst industrial catastrophes. It occurred on the night of the last year of 1984 at the Bhopal Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide India Limited – UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ India. A leak of methyl isocyanides gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. It also causes environmental
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an aura of excellence—and a set of obligations. To maximize the value of global reach‚ companies must manage both. How Global Brands Compete by Douglas B. Holt‚ John A. Quelch‚ and Earl L. Taylor Reprint R0409D When a brand is marketed around the world‚ that fact alone gives it an aura of excellence—and a set of obligations. To maximize the value of global reach‚ companies must manage both. How Global Brands Compete COPYRIGHT © 2004 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION
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What Causes People to Immigrate to the United States? The Unitied States is a melting pot of immigrants. Many people leave their hometown to persue the better life in America. Whatever the reasons‚ they immigrate to America because they see a possibility of achieving a goal. Some immigrants consider having different education for their children‚ some wants to have the high standard of living and the other people go to search for the opportunities that build from economic advancement. For those people
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The basic economics of markets 1.7 Introduction Economic analysis is useful because of the importance of economic issues in the business environment. Anyone who has lived through the 2008-9 world recession can scarcely doubt how much we are all affected by these issues. Economic theories often use simplifying assumptions. Two of the most common assumptions are (a) that producers and consumers make rational decisions and (b) that we can change on factor whilst leaving everything else constant
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energy. Derivatives from crude oil make an excellent fuel. Measuring Crude Oil Crude oil is measured in barrels. When crude oil first came into large-scale commercial use in the United States in the 19th century‚ it was stored in wooden barrels. One barrel equals 42 US gallons‚ or 159 liters. In some cases crude oil is also measured in tons. The number of barrels contained in each ton varies depending on the type and specific gravity of each crude‚ however the average number considered would be around
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2017. Web. 28 Feb. 2017. Gun control is the most ongoing controversial issue within the world today. When President Obama was in office‚ with the help of his administration‚ they proposed and set forth a rule that prevented the mentally ill from buying guns. The Social Security rule was put forth an effort for better enforcement of the existing laws that barred the mentally ill from getting guns that were hard to enforce due to some medical records not being included in the federal database. Just recently
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