: Today's patent rules are outdated and prevent innovation and the spread of technology, claims Zia Quereshi, former head of development economics at the World Bank. Is it time for a patent reform?
Seva Gunitsky: Aftershocks: Great Power and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century
: Reforms can give «hegemonic shocks» and create «democratic overexertion». Many states therefore fall back into their pre-democratic state sooner or later.