6.9.2004  Another Soul Saved  Over on the PFF Blog, Ray Gifford links to an article by Declan McCullagh, Chief Political Correspondent of CNET News.com, on "Why the FCC Should Die" (June 7) and be replaced by a telecom order based on property rights. Declan is showing alarming (to some) and gratifying (to others) symptoms of free market conservative syndrome. His conclusion: "[F]ormerly communist nations have privatized resources formerly owned by their governments, with remarkable results. Estonia is Europe's new economic wonder: revenue from state-owned property is a smaller percentage of the economy than it is in the United States, and its economy is growing more than twice as fast as ours. "That should be a lesson. It's time for the FCC to go." posted by James DeLong : 6/9/2004 08:59:53 AM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   Red Herring Access to Scientific Literature The Glass is 89% Full Property Rights on the (Internet) Frontier The JEC on Free Trade Webcasting Royalties File Sharing A la Carte Cable Pricing RoundUp (TM) on the Flower of Innovation Send not to know . . . Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog

	6.9.2004  Another Soul Saved  Over on the PFF Blog, Ray Gifford links to an article by Declan McCullagh, Chief Political Correspondent of CNET News.com, on "Why the FCC Should Die" (June 7) and be replaced by a telecom order based on property rights. Declan is showing alarming (to some) and gratifying (to others) symptoms of free market conservative syndrome. His conclusion: "[F]ormerly communist nations have privatized resources formerly owned by their governments, with remarkable results. Estonia is Europe's new economic wonder: revenue from state-owned property is a smaller percentage of the economy than it is in the United States, and its economy is growing more than twice as fast as ours. "That should be a lesson. It's time for the FCC to go." posted by James DeLong : 6/9/2004 08:59:53 AM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   Red Herring Access to Scientific Literature The Glass is 89% Full Property Rights on the (Internet) Frontier The JEC on Free Trade Webcasting Royalties File Sharing A la Carte Cable Pricing RoundUp (TM) on the Flower of Innovation Send not to know . . . Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog