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Intellectual Property Doesn't Make Sense | With Stephan Kinsella

Aug 14, 2026 · 1h 23m

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Stephan Kinsella, patent attorney, legal theorist, and one of the leading critics of intellectual property sits with Alex Buxeda to explore whether ideas can be owned. Starting from first principles, they discuss why Kinsella argues that patents and copyrights are incompatible with property rights, the role of scarcity in economics, innovation without intellectual property, pharmaceutical patents, entrepreneurship, pricing, and the philosophical foundations of ownership. More about Stephan Kinsella: https://stephankinsella.com/ Support Schweizer Monat: https://schweizermonat.payrexx.com/pay?cid=77cf037a