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The Economist On The Economics of Sharing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the your-kindergarten-teacher-was-right dept.

RCulpepper writes "The Economist, reliably the most insightful English-language news publication, discusses the economics of sharing, from OSS programmers' sharing time, to P2P users' sharing disk space and bandwidth. " True indeed (about The Economist, I have to remember to renew my subscription); one of the main supports for the article comes from Yochai Benkler latest piece, which is excellent.

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  1. Academic Discounts by Heartz · · Score: 4, Informative
    Don't forget to ask for you academic discount when subscribing! I don't know how much is it everywhere else, but here in Malaysia, a three year subscription costs USD 141 if you're getting the academic discount!

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