Show threadCory DoctorowSep 21, 2023

#5yrsago Research shows that #PatentExaminers are more likely to grant patents to companies they later work for https://www.nber.org/papers/w24638

#5yrsago Backyard Blockbusters: a documentary about the amazing genre of #fanfilms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JRxw-Ww4rA

#5yrsago #PuertoRico didn’t suffer a “natural disaster”: it was looted and starved long before the hurricanes https://theintercept.com/2018/09/21/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-disaster-capitalism/

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From Revolving Doors to Regulatory Capture? Evidence from Patent Examiners

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