Category: Director’s Take
There are several reasons to think that a Biden administration will resurrect net neutrality, a policy adopted by the Obama Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2015 and then reversed by the Trump FCC in 2017. Yet there are reasons to believe a Biden administration will actually kill net neutrality. Read Dr. Jamison's complete blog post [...]
The House Judiciary Committee Antitrust subcommittee majority staff’s October 6 report on antitrust and Big Tech might be important if there is a Joe Biden administration or if the Democrats take control of both chambers of Congress. So it is worth digging into what it says, what it misses, and its possible implications. Read Dr. [...]
Americans should watch their wallets: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) wants to lift between $1,800 and $2,600 annually from the average American who uses Google search. You won’t find those numbers in the DOJ press announcement or case filing in the antitrust suit against Google, but this is the likely consequence if the DOJ [...]
The House Judiciary Committee’s Democratic leadership has released its long-awaited report detailing how the government should remake the US tech industry. Read Dr. Mark Jamison's full post online at AEI.
Despite evidence that the government is unable to manage businesses in even well-understood industries (the Postal Service, Amtrak, and Obamacare come to mind), many people hold a committed faith that government control could work for the complex and dynamic industry that is tech. Read Dr. Mark Jamison's full post online at AEI.