Archive: Announcements

• Anna-Maria Kovacs speaks at American Consumer Institute event on Capitol Hill

  On October 31, 2017, Anna-Maria Kovacs was on a panel of experts on Capitol Hill to discuss Encouraging 5G Wireless Broadband Services: Benefits and Roadblocks. The event was hosted by the Americ

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• Center executive director John Mayo presents at Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission

  October 31, 2017 - Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy executive director John Mayo gave the keynote address at the Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission's (COFECE) forum e

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• Shapiro comments for Unherd.com investigative article about “Manufactured Promises in Middle America”

  Unherd.com featured CBPP Senior Policy Scholar Robert Shapiro's comments regarding the need for creative solutions to improve digital and technological skills in areas of high unemployment around

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• Larry Downes: “How good is your broadband? The FCC needs to know” (Washington Post)

  In today’s hyperpoliticized technology policy environment, even an annual report can cause controversy. When the FCC began collecting data last month for its yearly review of America’s broadband

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• Anna-Maria Kovacs: “Big tech’s massive expansion in video is a vote of confidence in the free internet” (The Hill)

  Anna-Maria Kovacs shared an op-ed in The Hill citing that “advocates of regulation of broadband internet service providers (ISPs) under Title II of the Communications Act claim that this regime i

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• Shapiro comments about Trump’s approach to the 2020 Census and why it “matters more than you think” in a News One feature

  News One featured Robert Shapiro's comments on the upcoming 2020 US census and the implications of the country “without an accurate census, many states and cities will be denied the full fund

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• Larry Downes: “Antitrust Is Back — But The Media Industry Doesn’t Need It” (Forbes)

  After decades of relative obscurity, antitrust is back in the headlines. Late last week, for example, the Federal Trade Commission announced it would not block Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods

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• Larry Downes: “Is Tesla Really a Disruptor? (And Why the Answer Matters)” (Harvard Business Review)

  Downes co-authored an article in Harvard Business Review about the transformative trajectory of Tesla: "Tesla, Elon Musk’s automotive start-up, is having a very good year. In September, the compa

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• Anna-Maria Kovacs: “Outside Opinion: Wireless Competition Is Rampant” (Wireless Week)

  All four of the national carriers have now reported their 2Q’17 results...the wireless industry is highly price competitive...it is also clear that T-Mobile, in particular, is gaining subscribers

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• Jensen comments on “What went wrong with globalization?” in Marketplace feature

  In a feature article about globalization, Professor Jensen was interviewed and shared comments, "We know who is going to lose their jobs from this [globalization]...And so we need to create polic

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