Re: do we need to 'nationalise' free open source?

On 2008-03-10 19:23:25 -0400, Don Geddis <don@xxxxxxxxxx> said:

You imagine that this is all a matter of opinion, and one person's opinion
deserves just as much respect as anyone else's.

But this is creationism vs. evolution. This is people, with no experience or
training or education or facts -- yet with very loud opinions -- professing
claims for which they have strong feelings, but no objective backing. And
meanwhile, those who actually DO spend a long time wondering about the
question, have a united consensus about its resolution.

<sigh>
I wasn't going to post again, but the facts need to be set straight here.

The supposed "99 percent of the time" benefits of free trade *are* being questioned by academic economists. Respected economists at major universities are callling the doctrine itself untested and hence unscientific theoretical dogma enforced by academic ostracism:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/11/education/11economics.html>


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