http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/4155.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/4155.html/comment-page-1#comment-20470 Lex Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:36:41 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/004155.php#comment-20470 The idea that the Internet was this magic new thing that was not governed by the usual rules of political economy was always a utopian delusion. Every new technology has a "Wild West" phase, that ends with collusion between the small number of major players who use the Government as an ally to insulate themselves from market forces. The idea that the Internet was this magic new thing that was not governed by the usual rules of political economy was always a utopian delusion. Every new technology has a “Wild West” phase, that ends with collusion between the small number of major players who use the Government as an ally to insulate themselves from market forces.

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