Want AI Leadership? Stop Attacking the Science That Creates It
Scott Wallsten
The Trump Administration promises a “golden age” of American artificial intelligence leadership but is attacking the science and global connections that would make it happen. This disconnect reveals a fundamental…
Podcasts
Rewriting the Rules: Antitrust and the FTC with Jonathan M. Barnett and Larry White
Jonathan M. Barnett, Lawrence White, Sarah Oh Lam, Thomas M. Lenard and Scott Wallsten
Two Think Minimum · Rewriting the Rules: Antitrust and the FTC with Jonathan M. Barnett and Larry White Thomas Lenard: Hello and welcome back to the Technology Policy Institute’s podcast…
Blog
New BEAD Rules Enable Efficient Spending But Make it Pointless to Try
Gregory L. Rosston and Scott Wallsten
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s National Telecommunications Information Agency (NTIA) is trying to make the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program more efficient. We applaud its focus on…
Blog
Preserving the Bottom Rung: How We Can Protect Experiential Learning in the AI Era
Scott Wallsten
Last summer, I asked Anthropic’s AI assistant Claude to clean some data and answer a few questions. When its results looked off, I queried, “Did you remember to trim the…
Blog
Tariffs Imperil America’s Service Economy
Scott Wallsten
America’s service-powered economy—now nearly three-quarters of GDP and over $1 trillion in exports—stands to suffer collateral damage from the Administration’s focus on tariffs on physical goods. Goods and services are…
Podcasts
Agency Independence and Humphrey’s Executor: William Kovacic and Jon Nuechterlein on Two Think Minimum
William Kovacic, Jonathan Nuechterlein, Thomas M. Lenard, Scott Wallsten and Sarah Oh Lam
Two Think Minimum · Bill Kovacic and Jon Nuechterlein on Agency Independence and Humphrey's Executor Tom Lenard Hello and welcome back to the Technology Policy Institute’s Podcast Two Think Minimum.…
Blog
Trump’s tariffs also threaten US innovation
Brad Jensen and Scott Wallsten
President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs have shocked bond and stock markets, clouded economic forecasts, and sent analysts scrambling to explain the impact on prices and supply chains. Yet the…
Commentaries and Op-Eds
Starlink and DOGE: The $42 Billion Conflict of Interest in Rural Broadband
Scott Wallsten
Blog
International Spectrum Leadership: Key takeaways
Sarah Oh Lam and Scott Wallsten
The Technology Policy Institute’s sixth webinar of the 2025 Winter Spectrum Series entitled “International Spectrum Leadership” included Scott Blake Harris, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Crest Hill Advisors, Umair Javed, General Counsel…
Testimony and Filings
Comments filed with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President on “Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan”
