What's yours is mine : open access and the rise of infrastructure socialism /

N What's Yours Is Mine: Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism, authors Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. examine the hazards of mandatory "open access"--A new trend in which hyper-regulatory bureaucrats and central planners are increasingly commanding technology co...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thierer, Adam D.
Other Authors: Crews, Clyde Wayne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, ©2003.
Subjects:
Public utilities > Law and legislation > United States.
Infrastructure (Economics) > United States.
Monopolies > United States.
Competition, Unfair > United States.
Law and economics.
Monopoles > États-Unis.
Concurrence déloyale > États-Unis.
Droit et économie politique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
Competition, Unfair
Infrastructure (Economics)
Law and economics
Monopolies
Public utilities > Law and legislation
Unlauterer Wettbewerb
Monopol
Gesetz
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover13;
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I: OPEN ACCESS
  • 1. The Case against Forced Access
  • 2. Debunking 8216;8216;Natural Monopoly and 8216;8216;Essential Facility Rationales for Forced- Access Regulation
  • 3. Why Network Proliferation Spells the End of the Essential Facilities Doctrine
  • PART II: CASE STUDIES
  • 4. Case Study 1: Open Access to the Electricity 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 Software
  • PART III: CONCLUSION
  • 9. What Really Protects Consumers and Network Reliability8212;Markets or Mandates?
  • NOTES
  • INDEX.

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