America’s digital leadership is on the ballot this fall. One option, offered by the Republican platform, is to embrace the consumer-oriented and business-led economic policies that made the US the leading country for tech startups, AI research capacity, and creating world leading tech giants. The other approach, offered by the Democratic platform, would be to continue the course reversal the Biden-Harris administration ushered in, (i.e., a European-style government-built economy where government is the creator of jobs and director of business). Following that approach would cost Americans dearly.

Take the information technology sector, for example. The Democratic platform positions the government as the key player in determining its evolution. In this paradigm, the government creates tech hubs, breaks up companies, and oversees what businesses do. The vision is clear: Government supervision and direction are necessary to distribute the benefits of technology and curtail large, successful businesses.

Read my complete take at AEI.