@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt1njknw.14, ISBN = {9780300110562}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1njknw.14}, abstract = {How will the emergence of a substantial sector of nonmarket, commons-based production in the information economy affect questions of distribution and human well-being? The pessimistic answer is, very little. Hunger, disease, and deeply rooted racial, ethnic, or class stratification will not be solved by a more decentralized, nonproprietary information production system. Without clean water, basic literacy, moderately well-functioning governments, and universal practical adoption of the commitment to treat all human beings as fundamentally deserving of equal regard, the fancy Internet-based society will have little effect on the billions living in poverty or deprivation, either in the rich world, or, more}, bookauthor = {Yochai Benkler}, booktitle = {The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom}, pages = {301--355}, publisher = {Yale University Press}, title = {Justice and Development}, year = {2006} }