[lbo-talk] Cogent commenter on NYT article

[shag carpet bomb]

You are paying for the medium through which it is delivered, not the 
information. Because you could get your hands on the study and the NYT 
through the library - for which you pay, of course, through taxes.

At 05:27 PM 10/9/2013, Wojtek S wrote:
>Doug: "Why do you think you have a right to it for free? And not, say,
>food?"
>
>[WS:] Because information is public good
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good and food is not.
>
>And while we are at that, if driving is free, for the most part, why can't
>be information?  Or food?  Food is also a right not an entitlement.
>
>
>On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Oct 9, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Doug: "Spoiled entitlement."
> > >
> > > [WS:]  Access to information is a right not an entitlement.
> >
> > The NYT spends something like $300 million a year gathering news. As long
> > as we live in a capitalist society, someone has to pay for it. Why do you
> > think you have a right to it for free? And not, say, food?
> >
> > Doug
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