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
