Joel Klein’s Lesson Plan - Joe Nocera - NYTimes.com: "“Monopolies hate competition, as you and I both know,” Mr. Klein said. He let out a small chuckle. So did I. I’d never thought of a big city school system as a monopoly, though it plainly is for parents without means. Upon reflection, though, I wasn’t surprised that Mr. Klein saw it that way.
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My first encounter with Joel Klein came more than a decade ago, when he was taking on another entrenched monopoly, Microsoft. He was the head of the antitrust division in the Clinton Justice Department, and he made the controversial decision to sue the company for abusing its monopoly power. Although he did not try the case himself — it was his brainstorm to bring in David Boies to serve as chief litigator — he was its mastermind and chief strategist."
The deployment of market logic, now naturalized, without any reflection of the historical and material context in which they developed.
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