nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211221-235850-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211221s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211221-235850-0 doi eng 342 23 Holden, Richard Author aut Open Access, Market Power, and Rents Holden, Richard Verfassungsblog 2021-12-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The notion that scientific progress depends on access to the existing stock of knowledge is an old one. It dates to the 12th century when the French philosopher Bernard of Chartres observed: “We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.” funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Academic Publishing Knowledge Market Open Access Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/open-access-market-power-and-rents/ raw object