Senior Policy Scholar Robert Shapiro has released a blog on last night’s State of the Union address by President Obama.  In the post, “The State of the Union and the Power of Technological Change” Dr. Shapiro notes that though Mr. Obama highlighted inequality and job creation, he, and his republican adversaries, failed to highlight the [...]

Senior Policy Scholar Robert Shapiro and co-author Dr. Kevin Hassett have released a report “The Employment Effects of Advances in Internet and Wireless Technology: Evaluating the Transitions from 2G to 3G and from 3G to 4G.”  Sonecon describes the report, saying: Their analysis finds that the movement from cell phones to smart phones, and from [...]

Brad Jensen was quoted in a January 17th Financial Times article “Jobs boost fuels hope for US industry.”  The article discusses recent gains made across various areas of the US manufacturing industry.  Though the industry had been shedding jobs for many years, there has recently been a resurgence of jobs as some previously closed plants [...]

On January 17th, Bob Hahn and Peter Passell posted “Spectrum Auctions: It Still Makes Sense to Sell Bandwidth to the Highest Bidders” on Forbes.com econmatters.  The article discusses the recent argument between the FCC, telecom companies, and some members of congress over whether or not limits should be placed on spectrum auctions so that the [...]

On January 17th Catherine Wolfram published “Rising Middle Class Fuels Global Energy Surge” in Bloomberg view.  Wolfram argues that as the middle class in countries such as Brazil, China, India and beyond grow, so does their appetite for basic luxuries: air conditioning, refrigerators, 24-hour electricity, internet connections, etc.  As energy demand increases, Wolfram argues that [...]