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Larry Downes interviewed about disruptive innovation on Tech Policy Podcast
Larry Downes joined TechFreedom's Tech Policy Podcast to discuss disruptive innovation: The growing pace of technological innovation means both regulators and established industries are finding i
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Larry Downes: “GDPR and the End of the Internet’s Grand Bargain” (Harvard Business Review)
In May the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect, two years after passage by the European Parliament. This radical new privacy law, which covers any business that p
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CBPP mourns the passing of J. Robert Vastine
It is with great sadness that we share the news of J. Robert Vastine’s passing on Friday, March 30, 2018. Bob joined the Center as a Senior Industry Fellow in September 2012, after serving as pre
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Kathleen Abernathy joins the Center as a Senior Industry and Innovation Fellow
The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy is pleased to announce that Kathleen Abernathy, former FCC Commissioner (2001-2005) and current Special Counsel for Wilkinson Barker Knauer, L
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Larry Downes: “On Internet Regulation, The FCC Goes Back To The Future” (Forbes)
Exactly two years ago, I predicted in a lengthy post that eight major Internet policy initiative undertaken by the FCC under then-Chairman Tom Wheeler would fall victim, sooner rather than later,
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Scott Wallsten: “An Economic Analysis Of Proposed AT&T-Time Warner Merger” (Law360)
Evaluating a proposed merger is necessarily imprecise because it requires predicting its future effects. Economic theory by itself provides little guidance since it generally supports arguments t
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Larry Downes: “Can tech fix its own future?” (Washington Post)
Is technology-based innovation, long seen as our best hope for improving quality of life, developing sustainable energy sources and equalizing global economic opportunities, actually making thing
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Scott Wallsten: “Hey, we might need that wall… to stop Mexico’s state-run 5G network” (The Hill)
The Trump administration’s infrastructure plan brings Republicans and Democrats together. This flash of bipartisanship establishes something of a streak. The administration’s infrastructure propo
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Larry Downes: “Technological solutions to technology’s problems feature in ‘How to Fix The Future'” (TechCrunch)
Larry Downes interviews Andrew Keen about his new book, How to Fix the Future, on a recent edition of TechCrunch's Innovate 2018. See More.
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Larry Downes: “How More Regulation for U.S. Tech Could Backfire” (Harvard Business Review)
If 2017 was the year that tech became a lightning rod for dissatisfaction over everything from the last U.S. presidential election to the possibility of a smartphone-driven dystopia, 2018 already
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