The FCC’s Public Interest Standard: Shield or Weapon? with Harold Feld and Tom Hazlett
Harold Feld, Thomas Hazlett, Thomas M. Lenard and Scott Wallsten
Two Think Minimum · The Public Interest Standard: Outdated Mandate or Democratic Safeguard with Harold Feld and Tom Hazlett Tom Lenard: Hello, and welcome back to the Technology Policy Institute’s…
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Measuring AI Intensity by Occupation: Adjusting for Workforce Size
Scott Wallsten
The impacts of generative AI on the economy, and the labor market in particular, are hot topics. Only now are we beginning to understand those effects empirically. Anthropic’s Economic Index…
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Bill Kovacic on Political Interference, Institutional Decay, and the Future of U.S. Antitrust
William Kovacic, Thomas M. Lenard and Scott Wallsten
Two Think Minimum · Antitrust at a Crossroads: Bill Kovacic on Continuity, Change, and the Future of the FTC Tom Lenard: Hello, and welcome back to the Technology Policy Institute’s…
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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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
