[Upd-discuss] Philippines: "Cyberlords: The rentier class of the information sector", book chapter

[Zapopan Martin Muela-Meza]

Verzola, R. (2004). "Cyberlords: The rentier class of the information
sector." In: Towards a Politica Economy of Information: Studies on the
Information Economy. Quezon City, Philippines: Foundation for Nationalist
Studies, pp: 145-162.

Accesible also online:
http://www.revobild.net/ict-txt/verz-cyb.txt
by Roberto Verzola

Abstract:
The information sector of an economy is that sector whose products consist
principally of information goods.

Information goods are non-material goods.[1] They are most easily
distinguished by the fact that they can be stored in various media and
when stored in electronic media, their cost of reproduction becomes
negligibly low. Some examples of information goods include software,
music, video, databases, books, machine designs, genetic information, and
other
copyrighted or patented goods.

When the information sector of an economy becomes more dominant than
either its industrial or ecology sector, then that economy has become an
information  economy.[2] A good example of such an economy is the U.S. 
economy.


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"Any man who reads a lot and uses a little his own brain
falls into lazy mental habits.” 
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"Cualquier hombre que lea demasiado y utilice poco 
su propio cerebro cae en hábitos mentales perezosos.” 
-- Albert Einstein (Thorpe, S. (2001). Como pensar como 
Einstein : How to Think like Einstein. Bogota: Norma, p. 214)


		
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