1998-01-07 - Lessig on antitrust and government regulation

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 05:10:59 +0800
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Lessig is the special master appointed by the judge in the Microsoft
consent decree case. He once wrote:

>Whether a regulation is
>rational turns on the facts, and what counts as "the facts" turns on the
>theory that animates inquiry into the facts.

Wow.

How do we know what theory is the right one, and when we should change it?

-Declan

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