FCC Spectrum Auction Raises $3.5 Billion, Highlighting Free Market Principles
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Roslyn Layton
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The article uses the occasion of America's 250th birthday to argue that free markets outperform government bureaucracies in resource allocation, using the FCC's recent wireless spectrum auction as a case study. The auction generated over $3.5 billion in gross winning bids with 17 bidders competing for 200 licenses across 72 regions, demonstrating the continued value of market-based spectrum allocation.
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One of the enduring principles that has fueled American prosperity since 1776: free markets allocate resources better than bureaucracies.
Seventeen bidders competed for 200 licenses in 72 regions.
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