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Net loss : Internet prophets, private profits, and the costs to community
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Net loss : Internet prophets, private profits, and the costs to community

Author: Nathan Newman
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Case studies
Cas, Études de
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Newman, Nathan, 1966-
Net loss.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2002
(OCoLC)606846480
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nathan Newman
ISBN: 0271022043 9780271022048 0271022051 9780271022055
OCLC Number: 48375794
Description: xxi, 399 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
How the federal government created the Internet, and how the Internet is threatened by the government's withdrawal --
Federal spending and the regionalizing of technology development --
Business cooperation and the business politics of regions in the information age --
Banks, electricity, and phones : technology, regional decline, and the marketization of fixed capital --
Local government up for bid : Internet taxes, economic development, and public information --
Conclusion : the death of community economics, or think locally, act globally.
Responsibility: Nathan Newman.

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