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<p>Milton,</p>
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<p>You are being too kind in describing the abject failure of those past non-neo-liberal policies, which had truly vile effects.</p>
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<p>Waiting lists stretched up to...12 years...for a simple landline phone, in admittedly 'worst' cases.</p>
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<p>Post-liberalization entry of mobile phones uncovered such extreme unmet demand that 1st mobiles (with service subscription) could sell for up to $50,000 - 20 years ago, in one case I am familiar with. Yeah that's right, when all one could do with a mobile
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<div dir="ltr" id="divRplyFwdMsg"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org <governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org> on behalf of Milton L Mueller <mueller@syr.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 3, 2014 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'governance@lists.igcaucus.org'; 'Avri Doria'; 'Bits bestbits@lists.bestbits.net'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [bestbits] [governance] Re: NMI and the Brazilian CGI.br</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">Can I introduce some rationality to this discussion?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">First, neo-liberalism is not per se a “vile label” unless you think liberalism is vile, in which case you need
to explain to me why you think freedom of thought, expression, association, choice, popular sovereignty and free trade are vile, all of which are the key features of liberalism as an ideology or movement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">Neo-liberalism in literal terms simply refers to the revival of liberal thought that occurred in the 1970s and
1980s (i.e., “neo” + “liberal”) following the economic stagnation brought on by the excesses of the social democracy and regulatory state that emerged in the 1920s and 30s. Whatever you think of the economic liberalizations of that period, it’s pretty hard
to argue with the record of stagflation, budget crises of the welfare state, slowing or declining growth, and a record of complete failure by socialist/communist economies that occurred in that period.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">Thus, neo-liberalism does not mean indiscriminate application of market principles to everything, but it did
reflect a recognition that many parts of society or the economy which had been exempted from market forces were failing and could be improved through the introduction of competition and market forces.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">The centerpiece of neoliberalism was globalization of the economy and free trade. The term neoliberalism was
coined as part of the backlash against trade liberalization and the attempt by certain international institutions to enforce budget constraints and sectoral liberalization policies on developing countries as a condition for receiving loans or aid. This is
where some of the abuses or harder hands of the Washington approach to liberalization could be felt; sometimes the cookie-cutter approach to policy that was imposed was inappropriate. But for the most part, that period saw rapid worldwide growth and development.
In particular, China and India opened their economies to market forces and grew tremendously as a result.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">When I say that the Internet was a product of neoliberal policies I am referring to several largely indisputable
facts: </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;"><span>a)<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";">
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">Prior to ‘neoliberal’ policies the telecom system was the epitome of social democracy: it was
run as a state-owned monopoly, market forces were largely absent. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;"><span>b)<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";">
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">The developmental record of state-owned PTT monopolies was abysmal, there were 1% - 10% penetration
rates, 6 months waiting lists for service, massive inefficiency and protectionism. Opponents of neoliberalism need to own up to this.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;"><span>c)<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";">
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">Competition stimulated rapid improvements in technology and massive decreases in pricing for telecom
services</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;"><span>d)<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";">
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">Free trade agreements for IT equipment and “information services” made it possible for TCP/IP
based services to spread rapidly across the world regardless of state censorship or regulation</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "calibri",sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">In short, if you care about prosperity, growth, economic development and freedom, and you want to have an intelligent
discussion of the role of public policy in the internet economy, all these things need to be taken into account. If you want to call people names, I’m not interested.
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Avri Doria<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 2, 2014 1:47 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Bits bestbits@lists.bestbits.net<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [bestbits] [governance] Re: NMI and the Brazilian CGI.br</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#330033" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On 02-Dec-14 07:38, parminder wrote:</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#330033" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Neoliberalism is defined as the application of market principles to everything, including those areas in which such principles are not normally applied.
The above is a perfect case of the application of market principles to governance, as I said , the pristine neoliberal governance model.
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You may feel it is your privilege to villify others by tarring and feathering them with the vile label of neoliberalism sometimes and imperialism at other times. I accept that you do so, yet I reject the label you apply to me.<br>
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I generally do not support market principles, but rather believe in the tussle among those with different set of principles.<br>
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