The metaverse is quickly expanding, but its meaning remains unclear. Until an agreement on a definition of “metaverse” is reached, efforts to manage the technology development and related public policy could be muddled at best. Even a brief review of the literature and social media ...
For decades, it has been a Washington parlor game for industries or even individual companies to use policymaking and regulation to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. We’ve seen it in trade policy throughout America’s history. In the 18th century, rules favored the sugar and ...
Opponents of the Biden administration’s reinvigoration on antitrust enforcement claim that applying antitrust law will lead to a slowdown in economic growth. For example, Larry Summers, who served in the Reagan Council of Economic Advisers and the Obama National Economic Council, tweeted that ...
President Joe Biden took a crash off his Trek bicycle this weekend when he attempted to dismount to speak to a crowd. His foot caught part of the pedal clip and down he went in front of cameras and the entirety of Twitter. If not for the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 7-0 loss in the Stanley Cup ...
In our book “100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting,” E.J. Dionne and I make a case for universal voting — that voting should be a required civic duty for every American citizen. Universal voting could be enacted federally or — more likely — by states or municipalities. If ...
A handful of countries, most notably Australia, impose mandatory voting, with citizens facing fines and punishments if they don’t appear at the polls. And every few years, somebody proposes bringing this practice to the United States as a good-government reform that would allegedly improve ...
