The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives
Author:   Michael Heller
Publisher:   Basic Books
Edition:   First Trade Paper Edition
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9780465018987


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   23 February 2010
Format:   Paperback
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The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives


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Twenty-five new runways would eliminate most air travel delays in America fifty patent owners are blocking a major drug company from creating a cancer cure 90 percent of our broadcast spectrum sits idle while American cell phone service suffers. These problems have solutions that can jump-start innovation and help save our troubled economy. So, what's holding us back? Michael Heller, a leading authority on property, reveals that while private ownership creates wealth, too much ownership means that everyone loses. Startling and accessible, The Gridlock Economy offers insights on how we can overcome this preventable paradox.

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Author:   Michael Heller
Publisher:   Basic Books
Imprint:   Basic Books
Edition:   First Trade Paper Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.378kg
ISBN:  

9780465018987


ISBN 10:   046501898
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   23 February 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Sharp economic analysis and wise advice for policy makers. -Wall Street Journal Excellent. -FT.com


"""Sharp economic analysis and wise advice for policy makers.""-Wall Street Journal ""Excellent.""-FT.com"""


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Michael Heller is the Lawrence A. Wein Professor of Real Estate Law at Columbia Law School and has served as the school's Vice Dean for Intellectual Life. He lives in New York City.

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