false 2313380 1 <b>25 new runways</b> would eliminate most air travel delays in America. Why can&rsquo;t we build them? <b>50 patent owners</b> are blocking a major drug maker from creating a cancer cure. Why won&rsquo;t they get out of the way? <b>90% of our broadcast spectrum</b> sits idle while American cell phone service lags far behind Japan&rsquo;s and Korea&rsquo;s. Why are we wasting our airwaves? <b>98% of African American&ndash;owned farms</b> have been sold off over the last century. Why can&rsquo;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 economy.<P>Every so often an idea comes along that transforms our understanding of how the world works. Michael Heller has discovered a market dynamic that no one knew existed. Usually, private ownership creates wealth, but too much ownership has the opposite effect—it creates gridlock. When too many people own pieces of one thing, whether a physical or intellectual resource, cooperation breaks down, wealth disappears, and everybody loses. Heller&rsquo;s paradox is at the center of <i>The Gridlock Economy</i>. Today&rsquo;s leading edge of innovation—in high tech, biomedicine, music, film, real estate—requires the assembly of separately owned resources. But gridlock is blocking economic growth all along the wealth creation frontier.<P>A thousand scholars have applied and verified Heller&rsquo;s paradox. Now he takes readers on a lively tour of gridlock battlegrounds. Heller zips from medieval robber barons to modern-day broadcast spectrum squatters; from Mississippi courts selling African-American family farms to troubling New York City land confiscations; and from Chesapeake Bay oyster pirates to today&rsquo;s gene patent and music mash-up outlaws. Each tale offers insights into how to spot gridlock in operation and how we can overcome it.<P><i>The Gridlock Economy</i> is a startling, accessible biography of an idea. Nothing is inevitable about gridlock. It results from choices we make about how to control the resources we value most. We can unlock the grid; this book shows us where to start. 2319806 7 7 2008 The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives total:41|5:2|4:12|3:15|2:10|1:2| 41 125 130 18 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 18:19:25 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 21:00:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 16:30:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 20:54:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 19:23:05 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 18:09:24 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 02 12:07:04 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 19:48:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 29 16:23:34 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 30 17:46:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 18:13:20 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 18:17:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 20 13:20:03 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 13:24:33 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 11:56:48 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 11:58:07 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 08:26:10 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 08:47:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Apr 19 09:16:56 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 14 10:24:56 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 19 09:16:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 16:50:56 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 16:51:28 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 19 20:35:05 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 20:35:05 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 15 18:33:41 -0800 2009 Thu Sep 10 20:48:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Sep 12 10:42:56 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 17:12:09 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 10:42:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jul 26 19:09:07 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 19:13:45 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sun Sep 14 16:51:53 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 16:52:54 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Nov 09 17:54:08 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 17:54:35 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jul 29 06:29:43 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 06:29:43 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Nov 18 18:39:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 18:39:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 12:45:15 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 12:45:15 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2313380