Request Denied: The Empire’s Interoperability Problem
Scott Wallsten
To: Chief Compliance Officer, KesselTech GalacticRe: Request for Authorization to Deploy Proprietary Computer Connectors Dear KesselTech Compliance Unit, The Imperial Competition Commission, Interoperability & Standardization Division, has reviewed your proposal…
Podcasts
Needham’s Laura Martin on Why Disney Should Ditch ABC
Laura Martin, Thomas M. Lenard and Scott Wallsten
Two Think Minimum · Needham's Laura Martin on Why Disney Should Ditch ABC Scott Wallsten: Welcome back to Two Think Minimum, the podcast of the Technology Policy Institute. Today is…
Podcasts
Inside the NIH w/ Jay Bhattacharya on Innovation, Replication, and mRNA Policy
Scott Wallsten and Jay Bhattacharya
Two Think Minimum · Inside the NIH w/ Jay Bhattacharya on Innovation, Replication, and mRNA Policy
Blog
BEAD’s Bidding for Broadband: Why Williamson’s 1976 Analysis Still Matters
Gregory L. Rosston and Scott Wallsten
This piece is also published as a Policy Brief at the Stanford Institute for Economics Policy Research. In 2021, Congress determined that broadband connectivity in rural areas was poor and…
Blog
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.…
