[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2019-07-16%20David%20Levine.mp3"][/audio]David K. Levine is an economist at the European University Institute and at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author with Michele Boldrin of Against Intellectual Monopoly, an empirical study of the economics of intellectual property that concludes that IP is not necessary for innovation and as a practical matter is damaging to growth, prosperity and liberty.
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