id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt istl-1406 The Gordian Knot [Review] .html text/html 711 29 42 The Gordian knot of this new work is the tangled history of monopolies and U.S. government regulations in transportation and communication. They have great faith that competition guided by government goals and restrained from monopolistic practices by the threat of antitrust charges will result in a commercial marketplace reminiscent of the Internet -- a network of networks based on common protocols -- allowing businesses to then compete on the level of content instead of trying to dominate technological standards. cache/istl-1406.html txt/istl-1406.txt