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appropriate for computer software, as it may decrease both ex-ante incentives to innovation and ex-post efficiency of diffusion …
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This set of three volumes argues that the mind – human consciousness – may be measured by considering mathematically the aggregate of that consciousness, i.e. social history. From this beginning theme of discussion three questions must arise. 1. How might this measurement be made? 2. Of what...
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I argue that a form of consciousness may be found in American economic history, one which is both mathematically demonstrable and important. In this book I present a model of economic and political growth based upon systematic addition. We begin with a philosophic model of trade (pp. 34-46);...
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In sum, in these essays I explore the self-similarity between levels, the fractal structure of reality, through an investigation of an inherent and unavoidable uncertainty which is unique to each level. These essays will demonstrate that as each level struggles to resolve its own inherent...
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This volume – Predicting Crisis: Five Essays on the Mathematic Prediction of Economic and Social Crises – is the first of three sets of essays. In this first set the economic and social history of the United States is shown to be a “system of movement,” i.e. a logical and mathematic...
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We explore the effects of listening to the music of AC/DC in a simple bargaining environment. …
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"Oppositional Analysis" - the name I give to the metaphysics presented in this volume - proposes a number of dichotomies through which one may analyze and understand systematically the structure of every level of reality. Macroeconomic theory, as well as social research, are two excellent stages...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the copyright protection of intellectual property under vertical relations … investigate the effect of copyright protection by modeling the cases of perfect protection, partial protection and no protection …. We analyze whether copyright benefits social welfare. We explain the policy implications of our results for the …
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negative effects due to an erosion of copyright law. Our law and economics analysis of the Book Search Project suggests that … – from a copyright perspective – the proposed settlement may be beneficial to right holders, consumers, and Google. For …
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The problem of piracy has always existed since the beginning of the creation of computers, namely using rudimentary methods. With the emergence and development of Internet and computers more powerful, more sophisticated ways were emerging and less expensive to pirate. Today hacking/software...
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