How the Internet Will Become the ‘Exanet’
See our latest at Forbes: How the Internet Will Become the ‘Exanet’ Today’s Internet has transformed media and delivered prodigious value to consumers, in entertainment, ecommerce, and personal...
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Can Indiana lead in the 5G economy?
“A revival of economic growth in the U.S. and around the world will, to a not insignificant degree, depend on the successful deployment of the next generation of wireless technology. “The Internet’s...
View ArticleSamsung seeks another patent victory at Supreme Court vs. Apple
After several decades when patents were handed out like candy, leading to a litigious free-for-all, the courts and Congress over the past few years have begun tightening the reins. This is important if...
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The Coming Productivity Boom: Transforming the Physical Economy with Information
We’re excited to share this new research, conducted with Michael Mandel, and commissioned by the Technology CEO Council. Here’s the Executive Summary: Executive Summary The Information Age is not over....
View ArticleDawn? Or doom? I vote dawn.
Here is video of a presentation from last October’s Dawn or Doom technology conference at Purdue University, where I previewed the Coming Productivity Boom research.
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Ajit Pai’s Welcome Return to Internet Innovation
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai gives speech announcing new approach to Internet regulation, in Washington, D.C., April 26, 2017. Here’s our latest in Forbes . . . Ajit Pai’s Welcome Return to Internet...
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Robots (and all kinds of info-tech) Will Save the Economy
See our commentary, with Michael Mandel, in today’s Wall Street Journal: Robots Will Save the Economy.
View ArticleRobots on TV
Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com See brief interview on Fox Business this morning discussing our “Robots Will Save the Economy” op-ed from The Wall Street Journal.
View ArticleFull speed ahead on the internet
Here’s a brief statement on today’s action at the Federal Communications Commission, where the agency will begin a rule-making to reverse Title II regulation of the Internet and ask how best to protect...
View ArticleWhy productivity slowed . . . and why it’s about to soar.
I enjoyed discussing technology’s impact on growth and employment with David Beckworth and Michael Mandel on David’s Macro Musings podcast.
View ArticleThe $12-million iPhone
Several years ago, I had a bit of fun estimating how much an iPhone would have cost to make in the 1990s. The impetus was a story making the rounds on the web. A journalist had found a full-page...
View Article“Net Neutrality and Antitrust,” a House committee hearing
On Wednesday, a House Judiciary subcommittee heard testimony on the potential for existing general-purpose antitrust, competition, and consumer protection laws to police the Internet. Until the Federal...
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Statement on “Restoring Internet Freedom”
Lots of people are asking what I think about today’s FCC vote to roll back the 2015 Title telephone regulations for the Internet, and restore the Internet as an “information service.” So here’s a...
View ArticleTax reform can boost technology, productivity . . . and pay
Our take, in The Hill, on the prospects for tax reform and its effects on investment, productivity, and wages. Tax reform can boost technology, productivity and, yes, your wage by Bret Swanson | The...
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What a coincidence! Maybe better policy can lead to faster growth.
It’s fascinating to see those commentators and economists, who insisted for nearly a decade that 2% was the best the U.S. could do, grapple with the apparent uptick in economic growth and improving...
View ArticleEnergy Market of 2030: The End of Carbon Fuels?
See our contribution, with 15 others, to an International Economy symposium looking ahead to the energy market of 2030: The End of Carbon Fuels? Here was our contribution: The dramatic reduction in...
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Indiana, center of the 5G wireless world (at least for today)
About 18 months ago, wireless small cells started popping up all around Indianapolis. The one pictured above is about a half-mile from my house. In addition to these suburban versions, built by one...
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This year’s Nobel for economics is a technology prize!
On Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in economic sciences to two American economists, William Nordhaus of Yale University and Paul Romer of New York University’s Stern...
View Article5G wireless, fact and fiction
New wireless technologies, including 5G, are poised to expand the reach and robustness of mobile connectivity and boost broadband choices for tens of millions of consumers across the country. We’ve...
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Deplatforming and disinformation will degrade our democracy
We spent much of the last two decades talking about ways to expand access to information — boosting broadband speeds, extending mobile coverage, building Wikipedia and Google and Github. But now that...
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