Comments on: No economist of mine

By: Third Avenue

Third Avenue — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:25:00 +0000

I admit to being no expert on mobile phone technology, but the difference between the US and Europe was something that struck my layman's eye strongly when I move to New York last year. Is it due to the curious US decision to make people pay for incoming as well as outgoing calls? This seems to have surpressed the market, particularly the important children/young people sector, for whom mobiles seem vastly less central to their lives than in Europe.

Also, no-one texts here, which is rather frustrating for a Euro-texting addict...

By: Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:05:00 +0000

The 3 G auctions were a bloody good idea, straight Georgism, taxation of land rents.
As to Megan she works on the Global Agenda part of the website. As she’s pointed out this past week she does a huge amount of research before writing anything for them, unlike for a blog post.
She’s also working in London for a few months. So if you see a 6 ft 2 redhead (female) wandering the streets say hello.

By: dsquared

dsquared — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:14:00 +0000

Also worth remembering that in as much as there was a problem of financing the build-out of 3G, it was more or less entirely a result of the humungous negative subsidy handed out to the industry through the spectrum auctions. Which saved us a load of money to spend on healthcare and pharmaceuticals research, which we also don’t do.