L. Gordon Crovitz
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009L. Gordon Crovitz, former executive vice president of Dow Jones and past publisher of the Wall Street Journal, opines in the newspaper he once published,
At the dawn of the Industrial Age, in 1719, the British Parliament passed a law banning craftsmen from emigrating to France or other rival countries…. “At that time the chief concern was the loss of iron founders and watchmakers,” Gavin Weightman writes…. Spies from around the world tried to uncover the secrets of British engineering…. This attempted protectionism of ideas was doomed by easier travel and communication.