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The Economics of Free

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nada-zip-zilch dept.

Wired's editor-in-chief Chris Anderson is working on a new book, to be published next year, about the idea of "free" in the old and new economies. Wired is running a long excerpt from the book and some sidebars about the economics of giving away, e.g., CDs and directory assistance. Techdirt has a few quibbles about Anderson's ideas — mostly areas in which he may be shading the argument to sell more books — but mostly buys that the equations of economics continue to work when zeros are plugged in in judicious places.

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  1. Free as in beer? by Idefix97 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mandatory comment!

    1. Re:Free as in beer? by Idefix97 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Modded down to off topic?! - Someone has no sense of humour :P

  2. FiRST pOST! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FiRST pOST!FiRST pOST!FiRST pOST!