Cognition
How Not to Solve a Crisis
IPN Opinion article
Mistakes by policymakers and regulators accelerated the financial crisis.
For more than a year, financial markets have been in turmoil. Banks have been refusing to lend to one another. Companies and individuals have found it increasingly difficult to borrow money. Investors and pension holders have seen the value of their assets collapse. And government intervention has been largely counterproductive, making matters worse and turning a financial crisis into an economic catastrophe. As the bailouts continue and calls for more regulation are heard around the world, we seek to review the origins of the crisis and consider which policies might better address the underlying problems.
Government Intervention Counterproductive: Economic Crisis Calls For New Thinking On Managing Risk, Stimulating Economies
IPN Press release
Intellectual Property, Innovation and Healthcare in Less-Developed Countries
A lunchtime conference on intellectual property rights, innovation and the provision of healthcare in poor countries. The event coincides with the first day of the Pan-American Health Organisation General Meeting.
Experts from across the world call on WIPO General Assembly to reject dangerous “Development Agenda” proposal
IPN Press release
Cost of accumulating knowledge
IPN Opinion article
The basic problem in the [Commission on Intellectual Property Rights] report is the archaic mindset that seems to be the
foundation of much of what has been written. First, the report assumes that
all knowledge is sacred and therefore must be in public domain. Second, that
intellectual property rights restrict the flow of ideas. Third, there is a
fascinating proposition that societies can close the knowledge gap only
through theft and imitation. This one is clearly racist. But more on this
later.
