https://commercialsociety.net/taxonomy/term/96/all en https://commercialsociety.net/node/444 <h2>Why The Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership For Private Property</h2> The first few years of Plymouth colony were fraught with hardship and hunger. Economics had a lot to do with it. Read more Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:48:27 +0000 tlwagner 444 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/437 <h2>Patents, Novelty, and Trolls: Crash Course Intellectual Property </h2> This week, Stan teaches you about patents. It turns out, they&#039;re patently complicated! Read more Thu, 21 Nov 2019 05:21:22 +0000 tlwagner 437 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/421 <h2>How Private Property Saved the Pilgrims </h2> This article explores how private property may have saved the pilgrims. Read more Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:12:57 +0000 tlwagner 421 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/420 <h2>This Turtle Tourist Center Also Raises Endangered Turtles for Meat</h2> 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. Read more Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:05:22 +0000 tlwagner 420 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/418 <h2>Science of Innovation</h2> This video examines the purpose and effect of patents in the United States of America. Read more Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:58:46 +0000 tlwagner 418 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/375 <h2>Life Under the Bubble</h2> 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. Read more Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:39:26 +0000 tlwagner 375 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/362 <h2>The U.S. Supreme Court Is Reining in Patent Trolls, Which Is a Win for Innovation</h2> This article by the Harvard Business Review examines recent changes in patent law. Read more Wed, 04 Sep 2019 20:24:10 +0000 tlwagner 362 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/326 <h2>Intellectual Property is Theft</h2> Is intellectual property an example of monopoly power? Read more Sat, 10 Aug 2019 23:00:07 +0000 tlwagner 326 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/203 <h2>Illegal Dumping in the U.K. </h2> Illegal dumping is the &#039;new narcotics&#039; for organized criminals in the U.K. Read more Sat, 01 Jun 2019 14:42:16 +0000 tlwagner 203 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/151 <h2>The Secret Document That Transformed China: Planet Money</h2> 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. Read more Wed, 15 May 2019 19:31:01 +0000 tlwagner 151 at https://commercialsociety.net