I think we are mixing up two different ideas Suppose an institution is overworked, it has two options - long queue or rush the job. Courts understand their ro

I think we are mixing up two different ideas Suppose an institution is overworked, it has two options - long queue or rush the job. Courts understand their role is important, so you have a long wait, but they d0 the job properly. Patent office, perhaps, rushes the job. Now whether they issue too many or too few patents is maybe equally bad, in my view, it’s screwed up either way.