[LINK] Statement of Principles: Copyright and the FTA

[Deus Ex Machina]

Glen Turner [glen.turner at aarnet.edu.au] wrote:
> > the entire thrust is predicated on obscure and unmeasurable
> > ideals like the "public good" and the opinion of members.

> The public good is measurable.  Since the spectacular failure of some
> 1960/70s development projects because of narrow measures of progress,
> practical Developmental Economics has had a sustained focus on the
> measurement of the public good. But even within the System of National
> Accounts it's pretty clear that the intellectual property changes of the
> AUSFTA are a loss for Australia.

prove it. the System of National Accounts does not measure public good.

(http://unstats.un.org/unsd/sna1993/introduction.asp)

Vic