IP Rights and New Technologies: Pills, Pirates & Sex Dolls
By Cultural Shifts and Eliot Che — March 18th, 2008
Comments on the first panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.
Posts Tagged ‘drugs’
An inquiry into factors influencing Canadian policies related to pharmaceutical patents
By Jason Wenczler — March 18th, 2008
My current research studies the primary factors influencing the federal government’s decision-making with respect to pharmaceutical policy during the past decade. I am particularly interested in learning about how the nature of the state-its role and structure-and the state’s relationship with big business has shaped …
The Seven ‘Social’ Sins
By Lamont — March 15th, 2008
The Vatican has added seven modern mortal sins to the old list of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. According to Bloomberg News, Bishop Gianfranco Girotti says that the new sins, brought about by the phenomenon of …
The Gin Craze: Drink, Crime & Women in 18th Century London
By Elmire — November 30th, 2007
Eighteenth century London was home to the gin craze, a chapter in English history that marked the unprecedented mass consumption of this newly developed spirit. This paper traces the development of this complex urban phenomenon and examines how Parliamentarians came to attribute many of the …
