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]]> By: Martin Brock http://cafehayek.com/2008/09/does-america-ne.html/comment-page-1#comment-30078 Martin Brock Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:05:12 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3056#comment-30078 <p>That foreigners own these assets is not a problem fundamentally. The question is: what does this ownership entitlement them to do? May the owner of a U.S. enterprise producing a particular variety of widget forbid anyone else in the U.S. from producing the same widget? May a foreign owner then simply cease producing these widgets and thus require U.S. consumers to import them?</p> <p>If they may, they may ultimately colonize us, and they'll do it with the cooperation of their loyal subjects here, who'll enact the laws empowering owners of U.S. assets this way in exchange for a bit of the entitlement monopolists earn. Increasingly vague, globally enforcible patents on algorithms and business processes, even the legalistic form of contracts, clearly fit this description.</p> That foreigners own these assets is not a problem fundamentally. The question is: what does this ownership entitlement them to do? May the owner of a U.S. enterprise producing a particular variety of widget forbid anyone else in the U.S. from producing the same widget? May a foreign owner then simply cease producing these widgets and thus require U.S. consumers to import them?

If they may, they may ultimately colonize us, and they'll do it with the cooperation of their loyal subjects here, who'll enact the laws empowering owners of U.S. assets this way in exchange for a bit of the entitlement monopolists earn. Increasingly vague, globally enforcible patents on algorithms and business processes, even the legalistic form of contracts, clearly fit this description.

]]> By: John Dewey http://cafehayek.com/2008/09/does-america-ne.html/comment-page-1#comment-30077 John Dewey Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:45:36 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3056#comment-30077 <p><em>Pete Murphy: "I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on the transfer of ownership (and control) of American assets."</em></p> <p>What do you mean by "American assets", Pete? </p> <p>When San Francisco based Visa issued shares of common stock, and a citizen of Ireland purchased 1,000 of those shares, are those 1,000 shares an American asset or an Irish asset?</p> <p>When Honda builds a giant auto assembly plant in Greensburg, Indiana, and hires 2,000 U.S. citizens, is that plant an American asset or a Japanese asset?</p> <p>When I use revenues from my small Tennessee retail business to buy a vacation condo in Cancun, is that home an American asset or a Mexican asset?</p> <p>When a Saudi oil sheik uses petroleum revenues to build a mansion in California, is that mansion an American asset or a Saudi asset?</p> <p>With respect to the Visa shares, the Honda assembly plant, and the California mansion, what difference does the citizenship of the owners make?</p> Pete Murphy: "I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on the transfer of ownership (and control) of American assets."

What do you mean by "American assets", Pete?

When San Francisco based Visa issued shares of common stock, and a citizen of Ireland purchased 1,000 of those shares, are those 1,000 shares an American asset or an Irish asset?

When Honda builds a giant auto assembly plant in Greensburg, Indiana, and hires 2,000 U.S. citizens, is that plant an American asset or a Japanese asset?

When I use revenues from my small Tennessee retail business to buy a vacation condo in Cancun, is that home an American asset or a Mexican asset?

When a Saudi oil sheik uses petroleum revenues to build a mansion in California, is that mansion an American asset or a Saudi asset?

With respect to the Visa shares, the Honda assembly plant, and the California mansion, what difference does the citizenship of the owners make?

]]> By: DRDR http://cafehayek.com/2008/09/does-america-ne.html/comment-page-1#comment-30076 DRDR Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:26:31 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3056#comment-30076 <p>The following post is so painfully accurate:<br /> http://bluematter.blogspot.com/2008/09/moral-content-of-economic-terminology.html<br /> I think it sums up in one post a lot of what this blog has been trying to correct for years.</p> The following post is so painfully accurate:
http://bluematter.blogspot.com/2008/09/moral-content-of-economic-terminology.html
I think it sums up in one post a lot of what this blog has been trying to correct for years.

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