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Increasing Telephone Penetration Rates And Promoting Economic Development On Tribal Lands: A Proposal To Solve The Tribal And State Jurisdictional Problems, Jennifer L. King
Increasing Telephone Penetration Rates And Promoting Economic Development On Tribal Lands: A Proposal To Solve The Tribal And State Jurisdictional Problems, Jennifer L. King
Federal Communications Law Journal
Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress instructed the FCC to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable telecommunications services. Consistent with that mandate, the FCC implemented a series of public hearings to discuss with tribes the issues they face concerning low telephone penetration rates. The FCC recommended investigation of universal service in unserved and underserved areas because telephone penetration rates among low-income consumers on tribal lands lagged behind rates in the rest of the country. From these hearings, the FCC proposed a jurisdictional framework to determine which eligible carriers would be under tribal, state, or federal jurisdiction. This …
Chinese Privatization: Between Plan And Market, Lan Cao
Chinese Privatization: Between Plan And Market, Lan Cao
Faculty Publications
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The Dynamics Of Economic Integration In The Western Hemisphere: The Challenge To America, Alan C. Swan
The Dynamics Of Economic Integration In The Western Hemisphere: The Challenge To America, Alan C. Swan
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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Global Finance And The International Monetary Fund's Neoliberal Agenda: The Threat To The Employment, Ethnic Identity, And Cultural Pluralism Of Latina/O Communities, Timothy A. Canova
Global Finance And The International Monetary Fund's Neoliberal Agenda: The Threat To The Employment, Ethnic Identity, And Cultural Pluralism Of Latina/O Communities, Timothy A. Canova
Timothy A. Canova
This Article places Lat-Crit scholarship in an institutional and inter-disiplinary context, providing a critique of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agenda of structural adjustment and liberalization. It also questions the positioning of Lat-Crit scholars to remain silent or complicit with the IMF's agenda. The article provides a counter-narrative informed by heterodox economics, historical revisionism, and sociological analysis. The global unemployment crisis - which was largely ignored by orthodox economics and hidden by flawed government measurements prior to the 2008 financial collapse - is considered as an existential threat to individuals and communities alike. The Article closes with a discussion that …