Is Brad blaming NPR for the kids here without health insurance?
Gene Coyle
Brad DeLong wrote:
> No.
>
> Britain and Canada are outliers in their regression. Think of
> Malaysia, or China, if you want a typical country in which the
> government has a large media share.
>
> The government media-inferior health and the government
> media-inferior education correlations made me think of a possible
> tie-in with Sen's arguments about famines, publicity, and democracy...
>
> Brad DeLong
>
> >British and Canadian broadcasting is bad for you. One of the
> >authors has been under discussion here recently.
> >
> >NBER WORKING PAPER
> >Who Owns the Media? Simeon Djankov, Caralee McLiesh, Tatiana
> >Nenova, Andrei Shleifer NBER Working Paper No. W8288
> >May 2001
> >Abstract: We examine the patterns of media ownership in 97
> >countries around the world. We find that almost universally the
> >largest media firms are owned by the government or by private
> >families. Government ownership is more pervasive in broadcasting
> >than in the printed media. Government ownership of the media is
> >generally associated with less press freedom, fewer political and
> >economic rights, and, most conspicuously, inferior social
> >outcomes in the areas of education and health. It does not appear
> >that adverse consequences of government ownership of the media
> >are restricted solely to the instances of government monopoly.
> >
> >--
> >Michael Perelman
> >Economics Department
> >California State University
> >Chico, CA 95929
> >
> >Tel. 530-898-5321
> >E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
