The tech sector does great things for the US economy. For example, IT made up 75 percent of US productivity growth from 1995 to 2002, and 44 percent from 2000 to 2006. In 2011, IT workers earned 75 percent more annually than non-tech workers. And, finally, tech made up 5.7 percent of the US workforce in 2014. Given these great contributions to citizens’ wellbeing, one would think tech companies and governments would be careful not to kill the proverbial goose that lays the golden egg. But that could be just what is going on. Here are five ways governments and industry are trying to cripple tech.

Read “Five ways to cripple tech (and the US economy)” in AEI.