http://disqus.com/people/dce485d3e6c4d33dcbbccf8f53bda90a/enMon, 01 May 2006 17:16:22 -0000http://willwilkinson.disqus.com/institutions_boundaries_and_useless_statistics/#comment-3710141Lovely graphs, although if Javier's right some may be lovely but misleading. The patent graph, also, should be taken with a grain of salt; you file patents in the US only if you care about competing in the US, which biases the graph towards cities with multinationals, etc. The picture is a bit unclear on how it's aggregating USPTO vs. WIPO data, etc.; but no matter how it does it, it's clearly biased against local-knowledge and incremental innovation embodied purely in production processes rather than legal rights. And, of course, this only emphasizes how important it is to get our rules on IP right--have you checked out Levine and Boldrin's -Against Intellectual Monopoly- draft?PLNThu, 02 Mar 2006 23:29:24 -0000http://willwilkinson.disqus.com/liberty_desert_and_the_market/#comment-3710382I find chocolate to be far from quiet. It speaks to me, imploring me to eat it.<br><br>But seriously, that line was great.PLNMon, 01 May 2006 17:16:22 -0000