http://madisonian.net/2006/07/21/against-platform-monopolies/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Thu, 10 May 2012 20:32:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://madisonian.net/2006/07/21/against-platform-monopolies/comment-page-1/#comment-60746 madisonian.net » Facts and Values in Political Debates Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:46:03 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=713#comment-60746 [...] I have a sense that the TOTM commenters have a certain view of the market as a meritocracy: that the rules governing transactions are neutral and fair, everyone bargains at arm’s length, etc. But I think this does not match the empirical reality recognized not merely by scholars, but by people in business (e.g., G. Richard Shell, in Make the Rules or Your Rivals Will.) As David Callahan argues, rising inequality also provides the means for “winners” to “get more adept at turning money into influence–twisting rules to their benefit” (19). And I think that idea underlies “platform neutrality” as well. Trackback URL: http://madisonian.net/archives/2006/07/21/facts-and-values-in-political-debates/trackback/ [...] [...] I have a sense that the TOTM commenters have a certain view of the market as a meritocracy: that the rules governing transactions are neutral and fair, everyone bargains at arm’s length, etc. But I think this does not match the empirical reality recognized not merely by scholars, but by people in business (e.g., G. Richard Shell, in Make the Rules or Your Rivals Will.) As David Callahan argues, rising inequality also provides the means for “winners” to “get more adept at turning money into influence–twisting rules to their benefit” (19). And I think that idea underlies “platform neutrality” as well. Trackback URL: http://madisonian.net/archives/2006/07/21/facts-and-values-in-political-debates/trackback/ [...]

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