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Daniel Starr: Monopoly Breeds Barriers, Barriers Breed Piracy
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Laquo; In China, the Best Elections Money Can Buy. Bureaucracy Versus Modernity, in China and the rest of the Third World ». June 28, 2005. Monopoly Breeds Barriers, Barriers Breed Piracy. Why it's unreasonable for Hollywood film companies to ask to be paid for the work they sponsor. After all, films are expensive, and a world where everyone's a pirate is a world where no one can afford to make a good film. Piracy, in other words, gets in the way of filmmakers getting paid for their work. Pay for it lega...
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Daniel Starr: The Face of Future War: Brainy Missiles Versus Tiny Guns
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Laquo; China Condemns Millions of Americans to Die From Bird Flu. In China, the Best Elections Money Can Buy ». June 21, 2005. The Face of Future War: Brainy Missiles Versus Tiny Guns. In the 1973 October War. But these days, most heavy attack missions are being taken over by big and brainy missiles. And on the tactical defense, it looks like our best new tools are very, very small guns. In naval warfare, guns are already well out of the picture, with the last American battleships scheduled for retirement.
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Daniel Starr: China's War Odds and Negotiation Theory, or the Battle of the BATMA
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Laquo; Bureaucracy Versus Modernity, in China and the rest of the Third World. We Apologize For the Unscheduled Interruption in Service. ». July 04, 2005. China's War Odds and Negotiation Theory, or the Battle of the BATMA. Brad DeLong's latest lunge at the "China hawks". As Daniel Nexon points out, wars are a horrible waste. We've noted before that China in particular has a record of making war as a political gesture. So why wouldn't China's leaders repeat this pattern? Conversely, the time to worry abo...
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