[Air-L] Open Internet (speech) and Economics

[David S Allen]

Richard Posner's The Economics of Justice reflects how some within the law and economics movement view free-speech issues.  I don't agree with it, but it is interesting.

David S. Allen
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> On Jun 26, 2015, at 9:55 AM, diananeal <diananeal at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm not sure about economics. But when someone thinks(doesn't necessarily be true)they approach the world in a different way, and are more likely to be compliant with decisions that are made. I would think economics plays a part in that the more choices a person has the more they feel they have a relationship, an investment in how things will turn out. Someone has a say, and has choices theoretical they would be more productive, and prosperous. So yes, free speech would be an economic good. Everyone wants to be heard, and understood. I think free speech would provide a way for people to meet a basic human need. 
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Ren Reynolds <ren at aldermangroup.com> 
> Date: 06/25/2015  16:56  (GMT-06:00) 
> To: Sarah Myers <sarahmye at usc.edu>, air <air-l-aoir.org at listserv.aoir.org> 
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Open Internet (speech) and Economics 
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> I’m pondering the question: can one argue that free speech is an economic good - or at the very least correlates to an increase in some economic measures such as, but not limited to, aggregate measures such as GDP.
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> There may be richer arguments about relationships to access, opportunity wealth distribution etc, but of the moment I’m just pondering gross measures. Thought i would be interested in these arguments too e.g. I could see that increased ‘speech’ of the privileged may lead to more private for them with drags gross economic indicators up.
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>> On 25 Jun 2015, at 17:53, Sarah Myers <sarahmye at usc.edu> wrote:
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>> Hi Ren,
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>> Could you be a little more specific about what you're interested in? I've been doing a lot of work on free speech issues and commercial Internet platforms, if that's relevant.
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>> Best,
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>> Sarah
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>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Ren Reynolds <ren at aldermangroup.com <mailto:ren at aldermangroup.com>> wrote:
>> If anyone is working on the relationship between free speech on the internet and economics, particularly from a public policy point of view - I’d be interested in having a chat.
>> ren
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