Archive: News – Digital Economy
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Antonio Fatas, a Senior Policy Scholar for CBPP provided context on digital banks to Channel News Asia
"What I see, the traditional banks, as time passes, they're going to become more digital, they already have become more digital..." Fatas explained in the segment. Watch the full Channel News Asi
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Center Scholar Antonio Fatas provides insight on FTX to the Washington Post
Senior Policy Scholar Antonio Fatas tells the Washington Post that the recent failure of FTX could have tremendous impact on the crypto currency market as a whole. Read the full Washington Post a
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Mayo and Wallsten release EPV: “From a Silk Purse to a Sow’s Ear? Implementing the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment Act”
Executive Director John W. Mayo and Senior Policy Fellow Scott Wallsten, along with Gregory Rosston of Stanford University, have released an Economic Policy Vignette: “From a Silk Purse to a Sow’s Ear? Implementing the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment Act”.
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John Mayo discusses current antitrust legislation in Wisconsin Public Radio segment
The House Judiciary Committee recently advanced several bills that would allow for more regulation of companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook. Wisconsin Public Radio host Rob Ferrett invited
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John Mayo interviewed about proposed legislation that would impose domestic content quotas for audiovisual services in Mexico
With the ink not yet dry on the recent USMCA trade agreement, new legislation proposed in Mexico would impose a quota requiring that no less than 15 percent of all video streaming productions in Mexi
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Glenn Woroch appointed Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission
CBPP Senior Policy Scholar Glenn Woroch has been appointed Chief Economist at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He began work at the Commission on September 25, 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pa
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Anna Maria-Kovacs releases policy paper: “U.S. broadband networks rise to the challenge of surging traffic during the pandemic”
As a result of the pandemic, internet traffic has surged, creating unanticipated strain on broadband networks around the world. In a new policy paper, Dr. Anna-Maria Kovacs examines the performance of U.S. broadband networks relative to other networks in Europe and across the OECD.
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John Mayo speaks with Brazilian academics and policymakers
Concurrent with the November release of his Economic Policy Vignette addressing vertical integration in the Brazilian multichannel audiovisual industry, Executive Director John Mayo traveled to Brasi
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Anna Maria-Kovacs Assesses the Impact of Changing FCC Regulation on Internet Providers’ Investments
A key feature of the regulation of broadband Internet access service is whether it is regulated lightly as an “information service” under Title I of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Act) or more h
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Anna-Maria Kovacs: “America’s Consumers Deserve Best-in-Class Privacy Protections” (ECN)
Right now, privacy in the U.S. consists of a patchwork of state and federal laws that make it extremely difficult for an American to know his or her rights. Federal laws cover some specific aspec
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