SunGold legal clash
Plant variety rights or PVRs are seldom in the news. However, the recent discussion about the so-called “legal clash” between Zespri and the Te Puke-based company that has bred a new variety of gold kiwifruit is getting a fair bit of attention in the media. Check out the details here. For some reason, there hasn’t been much […]
Zero-Sum Thinking Is Holding Us Back
There is a growing belief today that all gains must come at someone else’s expense. That is, in order to win, someone else must lose. This is the zero-sum mindset. As Stefanie Stantcheva, writing in The Economist in her article “To understand America today, study the zero-sum mindset” it now permeates not just politics but […]