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What's yours is mine : open access and the rise of infrastructure socialism / Adam Thierer, Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thierer, Adam D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public utilities--Law and legislation--United States.
- Public utilities.
- Infrastructure (Economics)--United States.
- Infrastructure (Economics).
- Monopolies--United States.
- Monopolies.
- Competition, Unfair--United States.
- Competition, Unfair.
- Law and economics--United States.
- Law and economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (146 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Crews and Thierer are directors of technology studies and telecommunications at the Cato Institute, a public policy research foundation dedicated to traditional American principles of limited government and individual liberty. They argue that open-access regulation of high-tech sector networks and s
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Introduction; PART I: OPEN ACCESS: THEORY AND REALITY; 1. The Case against Forced Access; 2. Debunking ''Natural Monopoly'' and ''Essential Facility'' Rationales for Forced-Access Regulation; 3. Why Network Proliferation Spellsthe End of the Essential Facilities Doctrine; PART II: CASE STUDIES: HOW FORCED ACCESS HARMSSPECIFIC INDUSTRIES; 4. Case Study 1: Open Access to theElectricity Grid; 5. Case Study 2: Open Access to Local Telephone Networks; 6. Case Study 3: Open Access to Broadband Services; 7. Case Study 4: Must-Carry Mandates on Cable and Satellite Networks
- 8. Case Study 5: Open Access to SoftwarePART III: CONCLUSION; 9. What Really Protects Consumers and Network Reliability-Marketsor Mandates?; Notes; Index; About the Authors; Cato Institute
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-124) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611905729
- 9781933995755
- 1933995750
- 9781281905727
- 1281905720
- 9781597340700
- 1597340707
- OCLC:
- 475937858
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