Comprehensive study guide and lecture series on Academy.
The three substantive requirements for US patent protection — novelty (35 USC § 102), non-obviousness (35 USC § 103), and utility (35 USC § 101) — plus the AIA grace period for inventor disclosures — Lecture 2 of the Patent Law Basics series.
Weber's bureaucratic model, its dysfunctions, hierarchy and span of control, centralization vs. decentralization, and organizational types (line, staff, committee, matrix) — second lecture in the Public Administration Basics series.
The differences between internal reports, action memos, and official letters in U.S. government writing, practical drafting techniques, approval chain design, and common errors with before/after corrections — second lecture in the Professional & Government Document Writing series.
The three principles of taxation (efficiency, equity, simplicity), tax incidence theory (statutory vs. economic incidence), how elasticity determines the distribution of the tax burden, and capital tax incidence — Chapter 2 of the US Public Finance series.
US real estate salesperson exam — types of property ownership, estates in land, co-ownership forms, encumbrances, mortgages, and title transfer.
Land rent theories (Ricardo, von Thünen, Alonso), the principles of real estate value, and the three approaches to appraisal — the second lesson in the Real Estate Basics series.