Property Rights
Why The Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership For Private Property
The first few years of Plymouth colony were fraught with hardship and hunger. Economics had a lot to do with it.
Patents, Novelty, and Trolls: Crash Course Intellectual Property
This week, Stan teaches you about patents. It turns out, they're patently complicated!
How Private Property Saved the Pilgrims
This article explores how private property may have saved the pilgrims.
This Turtle Tourist Center Also Raises Endangered Turtles for Meat
Animal advocates accuse the Cayman Turtle Centre of mistreating its sea turtles and stoking demand for the meat of an endangered species, claims it denies.
Science of Innovation
This video examines the purpose and effect of patents in the United States of America.
Life Under the Bubble
Biosphere 2 was one of the most lauded experiments of the 1990s, then one of the most ridiculed. Now it is back, offering a unique way to put theories about climate and environment to the test.
The U.S. Supreme Court Is Reining in Patent Trolls, Which Is a Win for Innovation
This article by the Harvard Business Review examines recent changes in patent law.
Illegal Dumping in the U.K.
Illegal dumping is the 'new narcotics' for organized criminals in the U.K.
The Secret Document That Transformed China: Planet Money
In 1978, a group of farmers in a Chinese village called Xiaogang wrote a secret contract and hid it in the roof of a mud hut.
