David Leonhardt Says the Future of the Free World Depends on Longer Copyrights for Mickey Mouse

That's not exactly what he said but pretty damn close. Since you get thrown out of elite circles if you question the merits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the members are doubling down. They are insisting that terrible things will happen now that the TPP is dead.

David Leonhardt picked up the mantle in his NYT column today telling readers to counteract China, the countries of the region supported the TPP. He says they were:

"...willing to adopt American-style rules on intellectual p...