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Re: Krugman On the Connectivity Power Shift
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:21:49 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Krulwich <krulwich () yahoo com> Date: July 25, 2007 5:27:49 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Krugman On the Connectivity Power Shift Reply-To: krulwich () yahoo comWhat is best for our country is complicated. If you look at what countries like S Korea did to get to where they are today, you'll see that there was a lot of government involvement that was far from free market, but which made access cheaper and more pervasive. Very analogous IMVHO to the AT&T monopoly in early US phone service. While this is a good way to jump-start pervasive access, it's not clear that it's a direction that's best for the US long-term. Yes, hands-off free market has its risks, but overall it sure seems better than heavy government involvement.
--Bruce David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote: What nobody seems to want to talk about is *what is best for our country.* Should we take the attitude that what is good for AT&T and Verizon is good for America? If so, hasn't the last decade of abysmal failure taught us anything? What good will a national broadband policy do for us, in real terms, if we do not understand what the long term goals are and what will be needed to achieve those goals? As someone who has spent nearly every waking minute of the last ten years of my life working to address these issues, I can state without reservation, that unless we make some very serious policy changes - immediately - the damage we will do to our future will resonate for generations to come. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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