Commissioner Pai’s Netflix letter exposes fundamental flaws of Internet...
Combatants in the Net Neutrality wars often seem to talk past each other. Sometimes it’s legitimate miscommunication. More often, though, it arises from fundamental defects in the concept itself. On...
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The U.S. Leads the World in Broadband
See our Wall Street Journal op-ed from December 8, which summarizes our new research on Internet traffic and argues for a continued policy of regulatory humility for the digital economy. Continue...
View ArticleBroadband facts: GON with the wind
See below our post from TechPolicyDaily.com responding to President Obama’s January 14 speech in Iowa. We’ve added some additional notes at the bottom of the post. Yesterday, President Obama visited...
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The last refuge of Internet regulators: the theory of the “terminating access...
Net neutrality activists have deployed a long series of rationales in their quest for government control of the Internet. As each rationale is found wanting, they simply move onto the next, more exotic...
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More evidence against Internet regulation: the huge U.S.-European broadband gap
In its effort to regulate the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission is swimming upstream against a flood of evidence. The latest data comes from Fred Campbell and the Internet Innovation...
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Could Apple be awarded all of Ford’s or Lexus’s profits?
The fanfare surrounding Apple exploded to new levels two weeks ago as we learned that the iPhone maker may enter the automobile business. The Wall Street Journal reported that CEO Tim Cook has hired...
View ArticleNetflix, Mozilla, Google recant on Net Neutrality
Dept. of You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Three of the driving forces behind the 10-year effort to regulate the Internet — Netflix, Mozilla, and Google — have, in the last few days and in their own ways,...
View ArticleMoore’s Law: A 50th Anniversary Assessment
See our celebration of the 50th anniversary of Moore’s Law — “Moore’s Law Exceeded Moore’s Expectations.” And for a longer treatment, see our 19-page paper — “Moore’s Law: A 50th Anniversary...
View ArticleFrom the Hollywood archives: Sony questions FCC Internet regulation
Although lots of firms sat out the public debate over Net Neutrality, we’ve learned that many of them strenuously opposed the FCC’s new Internet regulations behind the scenes. The latest example is...
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Despite 0.2% GDP reading, New Normalizers and Secular Stagnationists are wrong
The political fights of the last decade have distracted us from what should be, in my view, the central issue of our policy debates—reviving economic growth. First quarter 2015 growth of just 0.2%...
View ArticleFinally, a robust discussion of economic growth
I’m delighted to see the robust discussion breaking out over the urgent need to reignite the U.S. economy. The impetus seems to be Jeb Bush’s call last week to implement policies that would boost the...
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Permission Slips for Internet Innovation
See my commentary in The Wall Street Journal this weekend — “Permission Slips for Internet Innovation.” Continue reading . . .
View ArticleWi-Fi and LTE-U: What’s the real story on unlicensed spectrum?
Today The Wall Street Journal highlighted a debate over unlicensed wireless spectrum that’s been brewing for the last few months. On one side, mobile carriers like Verizon and T-Mobile are planning to...
View ArticleAnalysis of Jeb Bush’s tax plan and growth agenda
Here’s a short list of analyses of Jeb Bush’s new tax reform plan, which focuses on reviving economic growth. The Tax Foundation (@taxfoundation): Details and analysis of Gov. Jeb Bush’s tax plan; Four...
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John Cochrane on Economic Growth
We’ve been hammering for years on the importance of reinvigorating economic growth, and John Cochrane of the University of Chicago has put lots of the key ideas, big and small, in one new paper. Enjoy.
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The Regulatory Charade
Michael Spence and Kevin Warsh, writing in The Wall Street Journal, highlight the dearth of business investment over the last eight years. (WSJ) Unless we address the growth of the Administrative...
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Moore’s Law at 50
Here’s a new version of my 50th anniversary assessment of Moore’s Law, just out from the American Enterprise Institute. Key Points Over the last 50 years, exponential scaling of silicon...
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Is there a better vision for health care?
In recent days, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have reported on the Affordable Care Act’s growing problems. Skyrocketing premiums, more lost coverage, skyrocketing deductibles, narrow...
View ArticleA little good news for the Net
Surprise: there’s a bit of good news from Washington. The House and Senate just agreed to include a permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act in the Customs and Border Protection reauthorization. Congress...
View ArticleSamsung, Apple, and a possible date at the Supreme Court
Today, Samsung asked the Supreme Court to review an antiquated component of patent law. My brief take: “The prevailing interpretation of design patents and penalties is rooted in the 1870s. It doesn’t...
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