If our market system is to function smoothly, the vast majority of trades must rest on mutual trust ... The shift of emphasis from physical materials to ideas as the core of value creation appears to have accelerated in recent decades. New ideas almost invariably build on old ideas in ways that are difficult or impossible to trace. Ideas are at the center of productivity growth. Understanding the interplay of ideas and economic growth should be an area of active economic analysis. MemeStreams is a core Internet technology. Alan Greenspan on Intellectual Property Rights | 
