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  Marketplace of ideas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The "marketplace of ideas" is a rationale for freedom of expression based on an analogy to the economic concept of a free market.
The "marketplace of ideas" belief holds that the truth or the best policy arises out of the competition of widely various ideas in free, transparent public discourse, an important part of liberal democracy.
The concept of the "marketplace of ideas" was first explicitly articlulated in the dissenting opinion of Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marketplace_of_ideas   (154 words)

  
 ideas
A free marketplace of ideas is a situation where ideas of any sort are exchanged without prejudice.
The idea of progress is also important in relationship to the marketplace of ideas.
As a result of the conflict a third point of view arises, a synthesis, which overcomes the conflict by reconciling at a higher level the truth contained in both the thesis and antithesis.
members.aol.com /menick/ideas.html   (2272 words)

  
 BREITBART.COM - Text of Gore Speech at Media Conference
And here is my point: it is the destruction of that marketplace of ideas that accounts for the "strangeness" that now continually haunts our efforts to reason together about the choices we must make as a nation.
So, unlike the marketplace of ideas that emerged in the wake of the printing press, there is virtually no exchange of ideas at all in television's domain.
To the extent that there is a "marketplace" of any kind for ideas on television, it is a rigged market, an oligopoly, with imposing barriers to entry that exclude the average citizen.
www.breitbart.com /news/2005/10/06/D8D2IU703.html   (4494 words)

  
 University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Social Sciences
But when competing in a free marketplace of ideas, the ones most likely to survive will be the most accurate ones.
In this regard, one of the challenges to supporting a free marketplace of ideas is to ensure that important participants have access.
Although people in general are not stupid, distortions in the marketplace of ideas can be quite subtle and individual students may find it difficult to make corrections for them.
www.socialsciences.hawaii.edu /freedom/papers/hemmings.html   (677 words)

  
 Whiskey Bar: Forever Blowing Bubbles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The classic Darwinian remedy for this problem is supposed to be the "marketplace of ideas," in which bad theories and really dumb mistakes (both, in Glassman's case) are weeded out once correct ideas have a chance to prove their superiority.
And the failure of such ideas is no longer punished in the marketplace of ideas, which means the market itself has failed.
The marketplace of ideas hasn't quite become a closed loop.
billmon.org /archives/001977.html   (1172 words)

  
 Marketplace For Kids
Marketplace of Ideas/Marketplace for Kids, Inc. may analyze this data for trends, site composition and organization, and statistics.
Marketplace of Ideas/Marketplace for Kids, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these websites.
Under no circumstances shall Marketplace of Ideas/Marketplace for Kids, Inc. be liable for any actions taken or omissions made from reliance on any information contained herein from whatever source, nor shall Marketplace of Ideas/Marketplace for Kids, Inc. be liable for any other consequences from any such reliance.
www.marketplaceforkids.org /privacypolicy.asp   (415 words)

  
 Arizona Watch » The Marketplace of Ideas: An Arizona politics and news blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
So even though we aren’t exactly allies politically, we are allies in the effort to bring ideas to the marketplace.
The “marketplace of ideas” is all well and good, but the fact is, it hasn’t really gotten us anywhere yet.
In the marketplace for ideas, everyone keeps applying for patents, but nobody is bringing a product to market.
www.arizonawatch.com /archives/the-marketplace-of-ideas   (799 words)

  
 Marketplace of Ideas Would Free Universities from Liberal Tyranny
After all, most of the ideas that will shape the 21st century are being hatched on the right.
It would give liberal students a chance to expand their education by studying conservative ideas, in much the same way that conservative students are already exposed -- and even over-exposed -- to liberal ideas.
Encouraging a wider range of ideas on campus would benefit everyone: liberals and conservatives, teachers and students.
www.heritage.org /Press/Commentary/ed110204a.cfm   (809 words)

  
 Michael Williams -- Master of None: Al Gore and the Marketplace of Ideas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Al Gore's recent speech about the marketplace of ideas is actually quite good, though I think he's mistaken in thinking that television's dominance of the public sphere has led to suppression of dissent by conservatives.
He seems to prefer the exchange of ideas through the written word, and when he mentions his Current.tv project it sounds less like enthusiasm and more like a reluctant concession to reality as he sees it.
Good ideas are floating to the top and slowly breaking through the elite media and into the public consciousness.
www.mwilliams.info /archives/006194.php   (1066 words)

  
 Marketplace - Marketplace of Ideas - Caroling Geary - 68/254 - World Wide Panorama
The program is on public radio, which is a marketplace of ideas.
Since "buying into" this panorama as a "marketplace" requires viewer conceptualization, perhaps the coordinates of the event should be yours.
See screen shots of the Marketplace of Ideas QTVR and related sections at http://wholeo.net/Trips/Art/Web/LookoutArt/wwp/wwpMarketplace3-05.htm.
geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp305/html/CarolingGeary.html   (386 words)

  
 Marketplace of Ideas
Most important is the World Wide Panorama project, with the theme of Marketplace.
The program is on public television, which is a marketplace of ideas.
Marketplace of ideas: page 309 of The Lady and the Monk, Four Seasons in Kyoto by Pico Iyer, Alfred A. Knopf, NY 1991"...
wholeo.net /Trips/Art/Web/LookoutArt/wwp/wwpMarketplace3-05.htm   (291 words)

  
 Marketplace of Ideas: But First, The Bill
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The approach of leveling pop and classical into the marketplace is both aesthetically hip and financially conservative.
And even though it was not a very conscious idea for the young hip-con public, the idea of widening the cultural influence of the marketplace fit the neo-liberal spirit that was a growing hallmark of the Reagan era.
Their cultures are not dominated by the mass media as in America, and they do not have the same innate relationship to pop.
www.artsjournal.com /artswatch/20040311-11320.shtml   (2651 words)

  
 Marketplace of Ideas or Tag Sale?
Whether you accept the premise of Lessig's argument, The Future of Ideas confirms what his first book, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, originally promised: Lessig is one of the brightest minds grappling with the consequences of the digital world today, as deft and original with technical intricacies as he is with broad legal theory.
The Future of Ideas is also a deeply iconoclastic work, at least when measured against the standard assumptions of American politics.
Lessig is sometimes cast as a trustbusting progressive after his brief involvement as "special master" in the Microsoft antitrust case (appointed by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to advise the court, he was subsequently removed after Microsoft protested that he was biased against the software giant).
www.thenation.com /doc/20011217/johnson   (983 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: Monopolizing the Marketplace of Ideas by Maureen A. Roe
Both reasons are disturbing—the former group representative of voices quashed by a perceived authority and the latter group with just as narrow a vision as he.
By definition, a critical thinker is one who practices “reasonable reflective thinking that is focused on…assessing the authenticity, accuracy and or worth of knowledge claims and arguments…[it] requires objective analysis of any knowledge claim or belief to judge its validity” (Shoop).
If the university and higher education is truly a “marketplace of ideas,” then a fair portion of all feasible, researchable theories should be “sold” there.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=23526   (1114 words)

  
 The Marketplace of Ideas by Louis Menand (ACLS Occasional Paper No. 49)
I have no idea whether or not the complacent attitude will prove to be the wise attitude, though it often does.
Bush is the godfather of the system known as contract overhead—the practice of billing granting agencies for indirect costs, an idea to which many humanists owe their careers.
The idea that academics, particularly in the social sciences, could provide the state with neutral research results on which pragmatic public policies could be based was an animating idea in the 1950s university.
www.acls.org /op49.htm   (7596 words)

  
 Halfbakery: Ideas marketplace
Like any marketplace the buyers want as many sellers as possible (bigger range of products) and the sellers want as many buyers as possible (more buyers means more chance of selling product at higher prices).
Anyway, the good thing about this idea is halfbakery can keep on doing exactly what it’s doing now, with the (admittedly small) potential of making a bit of money.
^A variation on this idea, (for non US citizens) is to file a ‘provisional application’ at the national patent office before posting on halfbakery (usually pretty cheap; a mere $80 in Australia).
www.halfbakery.com /idea/Ideas_20marketplace   (782 words)

  
 Commonweal Institute
Research shows that over the past quarter-century a well-funded, tightly coordinated ideological movement has come to dominate our country's marketplace of ideas.
As a result, we are witnessing a virtual monopolization of the marketplace of ideas.
When one looks at the major print and broadcast media, at public opinion polls, and at the positions taken by politicians of both major parties, it becomes clear that there has been a steady shift toward the right-wing movement’s attitudes and policies.
www.commonwealinstitute.org /thereis.html   (1228 words)

  
 SSRN-A Marketplace for Ideas? by Oren Bar-Gill, Gideon Parchomovsky
The first is to present an economic case against extending property rights to embryonic inventions and ideas.
To this end, this Essay contemplates the possibility of formalizing a very limited and narrow legal entitlement in ideas in order to establish a marketplace where ideas may be exchanged.
After rejecting existing models of property and intellectual property protection as the foundation for a market for ideas, we propose an original market design that could enhance innovation without impoverishing the public domain.
papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=702543   (259 words)

  
 Marketplace for Entrepreneurs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
FargoDome ~ Fargo, ND Whether you will be attending for the first time, or are a long-time Marketplace participant, you'll find a wealth of information and ideas at North Dakota's biggest economic development conference.
Marketplace 2007 is scheduled for January 16-17, 2007 at the FargoDome in Fargo, ND.
Keep an eye on the web site for a schedule of the classes and other information about Marketplace and all the special activities to be held on January 16th!
www.marketplaceofideas.org /mfe/annualconference   (134 words)

  
 Philanthropy and the Marketplace of Ideas
The IDA idea originated with Professor Michael Sherraden at Washington University in St. Louis.
Sherraden’s was an intuitively appealing idea, especially in an environment that discourages welfare dependency and emphasizes education and entrepreneurial activities.
There is much more to the IDA story, but this should suffice as one example of incubating ideas that we and our grantees hope will help reduce poverty in the United States.
www.fordfound.org /news/view_reflection_detail.cfm?reflection_index=11   (3666 words)

  
 Marketplace For Kids
If you are interested in replicating the Marketplace for Kids program, please contact Marilyn at marketplace@btinet.net, or by phone
Marketplace of Ideas/Marketplace for Kids, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Marketplace for Kids program is funded, in part, through a grant from the US Department of Education Fund for the improvement of Education.
www.marketplaceforkids.org   (297 words)

  
 Development Marketplace: Turning Ideas Into Action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The only requirement is that their idea be creative, designed to change people’s lives, and help end poverty.
Also, other people must be able to copy the idea in their own communities.
One of the winners was a proposal for China to use native freshwater shellfish called mussels to clean polluted lakes.
www.voanews.com /specialenglish/2006-05-16-voa2.cfm   (1328 words)

  
 FindLaw's Writ - Hilden: Television and the Marketplace of Ideas What Role Will Developments Like TiVo and A La Carte ...
The truth is that ideas are not always debated by speakers behind podiums using formal language.
Over time, the ideas in Holmes's dissent have been incorporated into so many Supreme Court majority opinions, that they have become a major component of First Amendment law - and a powerful argument against the suppression of minority views through government censorship.
But having to choose between two shows you want to watch, because they share a time slot, is also a harm to the marketplace of ideas.
writ.news.findlaw.com /hilden/20051220.html   (1433 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: Deconstructing the international marketplace of ideas
Unfortunately, western media outlets dominate the marketplace of ideas, unconsciously enforcing their writing conventions and intellectual norms.
Although some scholars toiling in linguistics have tried to bring attention to how differently knowledge is exchanged outside of the West, little attention has been paid to their work, either inside their discipline or out.
Not only do center scholars become famous for ideas they take from periphery cultures and periphery scholars, but center journals force periphery scholars to cite these center scholars as the innovators of those same ideas.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=48309   (1025 words)

  
 Marketplace of Ideas
Suppression, however, is not the issue; in our open society, it is close to impossible to suppress any idea.
But when Jews work to suppress critics of Israel, they are in no position to criticize anyone who suppresses anything else.
It makes far more sense for Jews to support open expression of ideas, including ideas offensive to them, when both American and Israeli security would benefit from forms of Islam willing to entertain criticism from within and without.
agonist.org /node/36441/print   (525 words)

  
 Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Marketplace of Ideas, Volume 2
In this program, thirteen judges from the 2000 Clio Executive Juries speak on topics such as the teamwork involved in making an ad, how a campaign sometimes shocks people’s ideas of advertising, and the motivation for being in the advertising business.
A good focus group can reveal to a company who its real customers are, what they think, and-most important of all-whether they will buy its product or its competitor's in...
Films Media Group, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, Shopware and their respective logos are trademarks of Films Media Group, a PRIMEDIA company.
www.films.com /id/1232/Marketplace_of_Ideas_Volume_2.htm   (368 words)

  
 destinationKM.com: Creating a Marketplace for Ideas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Establishing the marketplace has some built-in obstacles including pricing, transactions and the clearing function of equalizing supply and demand.
Ideas developed by isolated teams can get too far out in front of their company's needs or customers.
And the marketplace, while a natural structure for a business, may not be as powerful as a community, which has its greatest impact in the early stages of innovation.
www.destinationkm.com /articles/default.asp?ArticleID=965   (440 words)

  
 Common Cause Blog :: The Internet as a Marketplace of Ideas
If a true democracy is a "marketplace of ideas," where all ideas have equal opportunity to be heard and fail or succeed based on their merit, then a democracy is only as good as its market.
Telecommunications companies are lobbying Congress to pass legislation that would allow for a two-tiered internet, one in which the free and open marketplace is replaced by one where ideas supported by big money are given a central location, while lesser funded - or non-funded - ideas are pushed to the fringes.
Likewise, as Misener explained, we do not want to allow telecommunications companies to control which ideas are carried on the Internet and which are left behind.
www.commonblog.com /story/2006/6/16/144450/783   (404 words)

  
 StarCityGames.com :: View topic - Is Legacy an efficient Marketplace of Ideas?
The theory is that when ideas compete in a free market, those ideas which have the most merit will win out.
Similarly, in the marketplace of consumer goods, those goods which are lowest priced and best quality should beat out inferior goods.
These marketplace ideas are built on a number of assumptions, generally perfect information or low cost of access to information among them.
www.starcitygames.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=539869   (1385 words)

  
 Free-Market Broadcasting vs. the Marketplace of Ideas
Powell, the president and the National Association of Broadcasters see regulations as hindering the free market, and consequently the ability of broadcasters to effectively and efficiently serve their constituents, whoever those might be.
Opponents of the loosened ownership rules — from smaller television station owners to the National Rifle Association and the American Civil Liberties Union — argue that consolidation of ownership hurts the marketplace of ideas because it leads to fewer voices, or possible points of view.
Simply put, that's not good for the marketplace of ideas.
www.commondreams.org /views03/0829-04.htm   (1006 words)

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