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73 INflaTIoN aNd US MUSIC MECHaNICalS, 1976–2010 Peter Alhadeff and Caz McChrystal Peter Alhadeff is a Professor and the Founding Faculty, of Music Business/Management at Berklee. He was the Keynote Speaker at the Business and Economics Society International, Athens, 2010, and Conference Chair at the Music Entertainment Industry Educators’ Association, Boston, 2009. He is the Executive Director of Berklee’s Music Business Journal (http://www.thembj.org), and was the Musical Coordinator for the Special Awards Ceremony at the Latin Grammy, Las Vegas, 2007. He founded the Recording Magazine en Español and its successor, Músico Pro. He holds a doctorate degree from Oxford University, England, and held positions at the University of London and the Inter-American Bank at the Instituto Di Tella, Buenos Aires. He has published with the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and in refereed journals and books on economic development, including the St. Antony’s /Macmillan Series. Caz McChrystal is an Assistant Professor of Business Law in the School of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He earned his Law degree from Marquette University Law School, where he was a Board Member of The Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review. He earned his Undergraduate degree in Music Business/ Management from Berklee College of Music. After graduating from law school, he worked as an Attorney specialising in copyright licensing and business law. He currently teaches courses in International Business and Intellectual Property Law while maintaining a small legal practice. Note: Lead article, Global Business and Economics Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2011, 1-12. Reprinted here with permission. Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd; www.inderscience.com.

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INflaTIoN aNd US MUSIC MECHaNICalS, 1976–2010Peter Alhadeff and Caz McChrystal

Peter Alhadeff is a Professor and the Founding Faculty, of Music Business/Management at Berklee. He was the Keynote Speaker at the Business and Economics Society International, Athens, 2010, and Conference Chair at the Music Entertainment Industry Educators’ Association, Boston, 2009. He is the Executive Director of Berklee’s Music Business Journal (http://www.thembj.org), and was the Musical Coordinator for the Special Awards Ceremony at the Latin Grammy, Las Vegas, 2007. He founded the Recording Magazine en Español and its successor, Músico Pro. He holds a doctorate degree from Oxford University, England, and held positions at the University of London and the Inter-American Bank at the Instituto Di Tella, Buenos Aires. He has published with the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and in refereed journals and books on economic development, including the St. Antony’s /Macmillan Series.

Caz McChrystal is an Assistant Professor of Business Law in the School of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He earned his Law degree from Marquette University Law School, where he was a Board Member of The Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review. He earned his Undergraduate degree in Music Business/Management from Berklee College of Music. After graduating from law school, he worked as an Attorney specialising in copyright licensing and business law. He currently teaches courses in International Business and Intellectual Property Law while maintaining a small legal practice.

Note: Lead article, Global Business and Economics Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2011, 1-12. Reprinted here with permission. Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd; www.inderscience.com.

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