A dynamic economy is not an end in itself. Rather, it is the consequences of dynamism that make the American brand of capitalism a better choice than our own “stakeholder capitalism”. The main benefit of an innovative economy is a higher level of productivity, resulting in higher hourly wages and [...]
As a native German, I read with great interest a recent Wall Street Journal article by Edmund Phelps, Columbia University’s 2006 Nobel Prize winning economist. In the piece, Dynamic Capitalism , Phelps favorably compares the American model of free enterprise with the “stakeholder-driven capitalism” favored by most EU countries. He [...]
The phrase has been a popular refrain here at the Internet Governance Forum. While it certainly sounds good, it is being used to justify everything from tweaking copyright law to outright theft. Jamie love and many from the audience of a plenary on Openness brought up the topic of [...]
I love to watch Jamie Love speak because of fluidity with which he weaves the latest joke or theory into his discourse as though its established fact. There’s a claim that’s been brewing that Microsoft has been “letting piracy pass” in the past in order to gain market share and [...]
Today there was a lot of talk at the IGF about corporate responsibility and censorship in repressive regimes. It was a wonderful opportunity to bash China, Yahoo, Google and Microsoft. This is certainly a complex topic with arguments to be made for both engagement and refusal to deal under certain [...]