Economics & Information
Oral Knowledge, Typographic Knowledge, Electronic Knowledge: Speculations on the History of Ownership
- By Doug Brent. An article on the history and theories of ownership from oral societies to cyberspace, a look at "transformation theory". How computers are changing our relationship to knowledge, which will ultimately effect intellectual property.
Information Technology Weapon Of
Authoritarianism Or Tool Of
Democracy?
by Roger.Clarke
- Article questioning the nature of economics in information societies.
Internet Economics Homepage
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology page created for a March, 1996 conference dealing with information economics. This page contains many links to Economic Information papers and ideas presented at the conference.
The Economic Consequences of WWW
- By Arnold Kling. An economic paper on the qualitative exploration of the economic consequences of the WWW and cost functions. The marketing cost function of the WWW may have unusual properties which are discussed and compared to conventional models.
The Economy of Ideas
- By John Perry Barlow. "A Framework for rethinking patents and copyright in the digital age. (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong)." Barlow suggests that modern copyright law is unworkable given the ease with which info can be distributed around the world and he suggests alternative legal ideas.
Economics and the Internet
- A Home page of economics issues on the Internet. Includes accounting, government issues, infogoods, commerce, network economics, international issues and background material.
Coalition for Electronic Markets (CEM)
- CEM is a coalition of industrial partners whose goal is deploying a techno-social solution to the electronic property issues of electronic goods; property composed of bits instead of atoms.
Superdistribution
by Brad Cox
- A theory of information distribution on the net to replace modern ideas of tangible property rights. The theory suggests that we no longer buy copies in the traditional sense due to the threat of electronic piracy, but instead pay for usage time.
Economics of Networks Home Page
- A home page on the economics of networks including research papers, abstracts, financial networks, electronic trading, bibliographies and links to other servers.
The Economics of Networks
- By Nicholas Economides. A hypertext essay dealing with the major economics features of networks including monopolies, externalities, macro & micro approaches, diagrams, markets, and issues of compatibility.
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