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Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Wow! That was great! About 75 people attended Ted’s Pre-PURC Series session Strategies for Closing the Infrastructure Gap. Ted described energy and water infrastructure gaps, and options for filling them. You drilled him with tough questions. He was thrilled! If you regulate power, water, or ICT infrastructure, or if you provide [...]
Some Americans are increasingly viewing our largest technology companies with suspicion. Google exercises too much control over information, Facebook and Twitter are silencing conservatives, and Amazon is crowding out competitors, we are told. Legislators have responded to these worries with proposals to rein in these tech giants, break them up, or punish them for their [...]
America’s biggest tech companies have revolutionized work, entertainment, and just about every aspect of life. But some in Washington are raising concerns about Big Tech, hoping to make the tech sector more competitive using antitrust action. Companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook are seen as too powerful, anticompetitive, or politically biased. In this episode, guest [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the value of broadband for education, healthcare, working remotely, and the like. It also highlighted gaps in broadband connectivity between well-served locations and areas that either have inadequate broadband or lack it altogether. This situation has naturally captured the attention of policymakers. Read Dr. Jamison's complete clog post at AEI.
The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday that the National Collegiate Athletic Association is guilty of restraint of trade for some ways it restricts compensation for student athletes. This is a step in the right direction toward allowing college athletes opportunities to fully share in the value they create for their colleges and universities. [...]