#203 Planet Money: Creating Lanes On The Information Superhighway




Planet Money show

Summary: The network neutrality debate, which has been burning up the comments section of many a tech blog for several years now, hit mainstream media this week when Verizon and Google released a joint proposal for new legislation regulating the internet. The debate really boils down to the economics of the internet. How it operates, and who pays. On today's podcast, we put on flame-resistant suits and dive in. We talk to two economists to find out what net neutrality will mean for the future of the internet.