LEADER 04593nam 2200601 450 001 9910777631903321 005 20210831023447.0 010 $a0-271-03129-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271031293 035 $a(CKB)1000000000466330 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224021 035 $a(DE-B1597)584184 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271031293 035 $a(OCoLC)1257323987 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000466330 100 $a20200929d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNet loss $eInternet prophets, private profits, and the costs to community /$fNathan Newman 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d[2002] 210 4$dİ2002 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 399 pages) 311 0 $a0-271-02204-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 353-379) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAnalytical Table of Contents --$tPreface --$tAcronyms --$t1 Introduction --$t2 How the Federal Government Created the Internet, and How the Internet Is Threatened by the Government?s Withdrawal --$t3 Federal Spending and the Regionalization of Technology Development --$t4 Business Cooperation and the Business Politics of Regions in the Information Age --$t5 Banks, Electricity, and Phones: Technology, Regional Decline, and the Marketization of Fixed Capital --$t6 Local Government Up for Bid: Internet Taxes, Economic Development, and Public Information --$t7 Conclusion: The Death of Community Economics, or Think Locally, Act Globally --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aHow has the Internet been changing our lives, and how did these changes come about? Nathan Newman seeks the answers to these questions by studying the emergence of the Internet economy in Silicon Valley and the transformation of power relations it has brought about in our new information age. Net Loss is his effort to understand why technological innovation and growth have been accompanied by increasing economic inequality and a sense of political powerlessness among large sectors of the population. Newman first tells the story of the federal government?s crucial role in the early development of the Internet, with the promotion of open computer standards and collaborative business practices that became the driving force of the Silicon Valley model. He then examines the complex dynamic of the process whereby regional economies have been changing as business alliances built around industries like the Internet replace the broader public investments that fueled regional growth in the past. A radical restructuring of once regionally focused industries like banking, electric utilities, and telephone companies is under way, with changes in federal regulation helping to undermine regional planning and the power of local community actors. The rise of global Internet commerce itself contributes to weakening the tax base of local governments, even as these governments increasingly use networked technology to market themselves and their citizens to global business, usually at the expense of all but their most elite residents. More optimistically, Newman sees an emerging countertrend of global use of the Internet by grassroots organizations, such as those in the antiglobalization movements, that may help to transcend this local powerlessness. 606 $aInternet industry$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aInternet$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aIndustrial promotion$zUnited States$xRegional disparities$vCase studies 606 $aComputer industry$zCalifornia$zSanta Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) 606 $aComputer industry$zDeveloping countries 606 $aInternational division of labor 606 $aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1981-2001$xRegional disparities 615 0$aInternet industry$xGovernment policy 615 0$aInternet$xGovernment policy 615 0$aIndustrial promotion$xRegional disparities 615 0$aComputer industry 615 0$aComputer industry 615 0$aInternational division of labor. 615 0$aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects 676 $a338.470046780973 700 $aNewman$b Nathan$f1966-$01563218 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777631903321 996 $aNet loss$93831444 997 $aUNINA