[governance] Clinton Admits: "Free" Trade is Harmful to 3rd

[John Curran]

Milton - 

 What I said is that theoretical ideal markets can be fragile
 in the face of discontiguous events...  The classic economic
 answer that "it will just stabilize under the new conditions" 
 doesn't address the human condition during such transitions.

 I'd ask that you exercise more care in paraphrasing my views.

Thanks,
/John

On Apr 4, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> ...
> To add icing to the cake, ARIN's Curran agrees with a protectionist trade policy - which would be disastrous if taken very far - because it suits his very short term and narrow agenda of justifying ARIN's centralized control of internet resources. Talk about a tail wagging a dog....
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Curran [mailto:jcurran at arin.net]
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 1:02 PM
> To: michael gurstein
> Cc: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] Clinton Admits: "Free" Trade is Harmful to 3rd
> 
> Interesting article... There are indeed times when a more "efficient"
> distribution of resources via a free market doesn't actually create
> a more desirable outcome.  Economic models can be good in theory, but
> also need to be tempered in implementation with consideration of the
> potential impacts in the real world (and particularly with respect to
> discontiguous events).
> 
> /John
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