Why all self respecting economists should support open textbooks
| Published | January 2014 |
| Periodical | Volume 2014, Pages blog- January 14th, 2014 |
| Publisher | Innovation Memes |
ABSTRACT
As the title suggests, this post makes the theoretical case for treating online textbooks as a public good, which means that some combination of government and non-profit funding should be used to fund the development and maintenance of open textbooks.| Keywords | copyright · libraries · · open textbooks |
| Other number | December 9th, 2014 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| URL | http://innovationmemes.blogspot.com/2014/01/why-all-self-respecting-economists.html |
| Access date | December 9th, 2014 |
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