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Home >  Books >  The Fire of Invention, the Fuel of Interest
The Fire of Invention, the Fuel of Interest
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On Intellectual Property
By Michael Novak
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
The Fire of Invention, the Fuel of Interest
Dimensions: 0.20'' x 8.53'' x 5.55''
51 pages
AEI Press  (Washington)
Publication Date: December 1996
Paperback
ISBN: 0844770817
Price: $ 9.95
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This book discusses the moral and practical foundations of the corporation and corporate governance. Two related books are The Future of the Corporation and On Corporate Governance: The Corporation As It Ought to Be.

Michael Novak is the George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at AEI.



Table of Contents

Preface

The Grand Historical Adventure
From Lincoln to John Paul II
Some Clarifications
Five Disputed Questions
But Isn't Genetics Different?
Does a Patent Regime Protect Private Interests or Public Good?
Conclusion

Notes
About the Author

Available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.


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