Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives

Title: Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives Author: Michael Heller ISBN: 9780465018987 Publisher: Basic Books Published: 2010 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine E 1637917 Publisher Description: 25 new runways would eliminate most air travel delays in America. Why can't we build them? 50 patent owners are blocking a major drug maker from creating a cancer cure. Why won't they get out of the way? 90% of our broadcast spectrum sits idle while American cell phone service lags far behind Japan's and Korea's. Why are we wasting our airwaves? 98% of African American -- owned farms have been sold off over the last century. Why can't we stop the loss? All these problems are really the same problem -- one whose solution would jump-start innovation, release trillions in productivity, and help revive our slumping ec