Friday assorted links
1. Anonymous and pseudonymous inventions other than Bitcoin.
2. Bhaven N. Sampat long NBER survey paper on evidence on patents and copyright. I won’t get to read this soon, but it looks very useful.
3. “When young sailors need a minor course correction, he said, instead of ordering a spell in the brig, he often orders them to write reports on works by authors like Patrick Henry or Ayn Rand.” (NYT)
4. Data on founders of billion-dollar start-ups.
5. Why is Serbia a nation but Karnataka not? Recommended.