The Attention Economy and the Net (1997)

Re:The Attention Economy and the Net (1997) by o_nate on Thursday August 17, 2017 @10:08PM (#15042909)

I think it was more just a matter of replicating their home country economic model in the New World, and being part of developments towards a market economy that were happening around the world, predominantly in the British sphere of influence.

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Re:The Attention Economy and the Net (1997) by soneca on Thursday August 17, 2017 @10:25PM (#15043009)

I learned that the abundance of gold and silver in Latin America prevented any kind of market-based economy evolving around here as colonies. Just slave everyone and make people extract the value from earth. Then came other natural resources with similar approach as sugar cane and coffee.

North America had none of it, so the only way it could provide value to the empire was through commerce and a market-based economy.

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