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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">What can I say, Lee?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I always err on the side of kindness…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">;-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Lee W McKnight
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'governance@lists.igcaucus.org'; 'Avri Doria'; 'Bits bestbits@lists.bestbits.net'; Milton L Mueller<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [bestbits] [governance] Re: NMI and the Brazilian CGI.br<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Milton,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">You are being too kind in describing the abject failure of those past non-neo-liberal policies, which had truly vile effects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Waiting lists stretched up to...12 years...for a simple landline phone, in admittedly 'worst' cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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 was make a call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Lee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
<a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a> <<a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>> on behalf of Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 3, 2014 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'governance@lists.igcaucus.org'; 'Avri Doria'; 'Bits <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">
bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [bestbits] [governance] Re: NMI and the Brazilian CGI.br</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#282828">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Can I introduce some rationality to this discussion?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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:
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">a)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">b)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">c)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Competition stimulated rapid improvements in technology and massive decreases in pricing for telecom services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">d)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">--MM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
<a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a> [<a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Avri Doria<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 2, 2014 1:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>; Bits
<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] [governance] Re: NMI and the Brazilian CGI.br</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">On 02-Dec-14 07:38, parminder wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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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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