Tag
Spectrum
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Not Only Land
Land is the clear case, not the only one. The same line reaches the ore, the aquifer, and the airwaves: charge the gift nobody made, leave the shaft and the transmitter untouched. Most real assets are a blend. Pretending otherwise is how …
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Nobody Paid Rent on the Airwaves
Broadcasters hold a scarce public commons, the electromagnetic spectrum, almost free, in exchange for a public interest promise nobody enforces. That unpriced grant is the real defect, and it explains both the networks’ capture of a …