Commentaries and Op-Eds
Immigration Reform Is a Painless Way to Reduce the Deficit
In his post-election acceptance speech, President Obama said “fixing our immigration system” would be one of the first items on his legislative agenda and “we need to seize the moment”. But the president and the congress face a more immediate task: backing away from the “fiscal cliff” and coming up with a plan to avoid the $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts scheduled to kick in starting January 1. Easing immigration restrictions for high-skilled workers can help achieve that objective.
The FTC and Privacy: We Don’t Need No Stinking Data
FTC should drop case against Google
Online privacy: Do we need ‘Do-Not-Track’?
Google Suit Fails To Expose Monopolistic Practices
What Gets Measured Gets Done: Stop focusing on irrelevant broadband metrics
Communications of the ACM Magazine, November 2011
Use the Market to Allocate Spectrum
Congress is now considering legislation to grant the FCC new authority to hold voluntary incentive auctions for spectrum. This legislation would alleviate shortages of spectrum that are threatening to hold back the development of a wireless broadband platform capable of competing with wireline platforms. It would boost the economy and advance our progress toward a more efficient, market-oriented spectrum regime.