Re: [ox-en] The Wealth of Networks

• From: Alan I Toner <ait202 nyu.edu>
• Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:51:32 -0300

I'm unclear as to whether you're using liberal in the US sense of
'leftish'or the european sense of 'free market'. Could you clarify?

If you read the book it'll quickly become clear that the argument is not
designed to appeal to CEOs. On the other hand it does contain
documentation of those cases where businesses are making money whilst
operating outside of standard property regimes. As everyone here is
aware this simply a matter of fact, but it is also the case that by
rendering explicit the context in which they unfold, the argument
identifies the conflicting interests of different sectors: service v
commodity, hardware v software etc. Obviously this is useful as it
undermines what was once mainstream IP consensus: 'more intellectual
property means more wealth creation and is always a good thing'.

cheers,

a.

----- Original Message -----
From: Trebor Scholz <trebor thing.net>
Date: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:04 pm
Subject: Re: [ox-en] The Wealth of Networks

interested in the politics of technology, but for people 

interested in

left or liberal politics more generally.

I¹m not sure if Benkler¹s arguments are so deeply ³liberal.² The
language used may appear that way but the suggestions are, as far 
as I
could see from his book launch, more addressed to corporate CEOs.
Here is a brief review of Benkler¹s presentation:

<http://collectivate.net/journalisms/2006/4/14/yochai-benklers-the-
wealth-of-networks.html>

Trebor

Henry Farrell writes:

"Yale University Press has just released Yochai Benkler¹s The 

Wealth of

Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. 

You can

buy it at Powells, and Amazon, but it¹s also available from Benkler
under Creative Commons with an associated wiki.[1] There¹ll be more
about this book on CT soon ­ for the moment, suffice to say that I
think that this is a really important book, not only for people
interested in the politics of technology, but for people 

interested in

left or liberal politics more generally. It fizzes with ideas."

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• References:
  • [ox-en] The Wealth of Networks
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