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Glen Robinson at George Mason

Posted onFebruary 12th, 2010 by Mike Madison

The Information Economy Project at George Mason University is proud to announce the next ‘Big Ideas About Information’ Lecture:

Regulating Communications: Stories from the First Hundred Years
GLEN ROBINSON
Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, 1974-76
David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus
University of Virginia School of Law

Thursday, February 18 at 4 p.m.
Room 120
George Mason University School of Law
3301 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Va.
(Orange Line: Virginia Square-GMU Metro)

Professor Robinson, drawing on his distinguished career as a scholar and policy maker, will present three stories to illustrate salient features of FCC regulation: (1) a story about the construction of regulatory paradigms, specifically the natural monopoly model, (2) a story of regulatory parthenogenesis, or the FCC’s self-defining qualities, and (3) a story about the symbols that drive or distort regulation, particularly in spectrum allocation policy. Flyer: Glen Robinson’s Feb. 18 Lecture

Admission is free, but seating is limited. To reserve your spot, please email: iep.gmu@gmail.com.

Thursday February 18
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., reception to follow