Archive for Edward J. López
Edward J. López is an associate professor of law and economics at San José State University.
Fashion Design and Copyright
Should fashion designs be eligible for copyrights? When I listen to people talk about this issue, many of the same interesting arguments come up. These people know about designer knockoffs and feel that something is not quite fair about them. Yet they also view copyists as moving innovation along in the fashion world. Copying releases [...]
24Nov2010 | Edward J. López | 10 comments | ContinuedIs the Decline of Newspapers a Market Failure?
Over the past year there has been a flurry of government-related activity aimed at stopping the decline of the newspaper business. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has held three series of workshops on the subject, drawing dozens of top academics, national politicians, business leaders from companies like Google and News Corporation, and the FTC commissioners [...]
22Sep2010 | Edward J. López | 6 comments | ContinuedIs the Decline of Newspapers a Market Failure?
Old journalism is failing not because it is a public good that government has not adequately funded but because it is being replaced with more innovative alternatives.
29Jun2010 | Edward J. López | 14 comments | ContinuedA Mad Scramble at 30,000 Feet
Edward Lopez is an assistant professor of economics at the University of North Texas (elopez@econ.unt.edu, www.econ.unt.edu/elopez). Airlines have been taking it on the chin lately. Travelers are busier, delays are likelier and longer, airports are bursting at the seams, and FAA complaints have doubled. Last summer Andy Rooney stood up for all travelers on his [...]
1Feb2000 | Edward J. López | 3 comments | ContinuedBreaking Up Antitrust
In one of the most famous passages in The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith cautions, People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. . . . Supporters of antitrust laws believe that Smith [...]
1Jan1997 | Edward J. López | 5 comments | Continued-
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