In an almost daily debate over economic and monetary policy politicians complain if prices — such as home prices — do not rise, and some complain if they think other prices — such as health care...
Fernando Herrera-Gonzalez
Fernando Herrera-González writes from Spain. His Doctoral Dissertation applied Austrian economics to telecommunication regulation. He was granted the Victor Mendoza 2012 Award for Best Thesis in defense of the free market, by Instituto de Estudios Económicos. He has published in several peer-reviewed journals, and is possibly the first author to quote Ludwig von Mises in a journal related to telecom policy. Send him mail.
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If we seek to eliminate or regulate insider trading, we have only to allow free competition among stock markets and eliminate legal barriers to entry. Companies would choose what stock market to list with depending upon the behavior and rules of each. Consumers always win when there is competition.
If network owners are deprived of the ability to manage their assets, it is very likely that they will stop investing in them. This would not be good for Google and other major supporters of net neutrality, whose business relies heavily on the increase of data traffic.