[governance] rights based approach to the Internet

[Milton L Mueller]

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 2:56 AM, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >  The problem Milton (and McTim) is that I don't think anyone
believes in
> > that kind of incantatory market fundamentalism

No, what we're dealing with in your case is a kind of incantatory
anti-market fundamentalism, something that folks in civil society should
have moved beyond in 1991, if not sooner. But old habits die hard, which
is why I make an issue of it on this list.

I'm perfectly willing to entertain policy interventions in the market
when beneficial. But let's give competitive markets and liberal policies
their due; they've produced dramatic expansions in access and will
continue to do so if handled right. Be intelligent about when you need
to intervene, and how, and when you don't. That's all.  

And to anticipate the inevitable incantation that markets don't do
everything or aren't perfect, well, yeah. Who said they were? 
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