For Big Tech, 2023 could be a watershed year for the industry’s public policy environment. Since 2020, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (along with the European Union) have filed lawsuits against major U.S. tech companies, alleging they have relied on anti-competitive ...
Big tech has siphoned off advertising and wants to be a global censor. The Department of Justice has filed suit against Google for its predatory advertising practices. Bully! Not that I think Google is inherently evil, venal or greedier than any other corporation. Indeed, it is a source of ...
Recent headlines have brought news — unfortunately not unexpected — of declining student performance in reading and math across the country. We could see it coming. Student outcome scores have been plateauing over the last decade. Then COVID hit. The results from the previous two years are ...
The latest work from the Canadian Fraser Institute marks the first time economists have had four decades’ worth of data on economic freedom across the 50 United States. Cross-referencing Fraser’s data with government data shows that the more economically free states are the more ...
The push for increased broadband access, with some even calling it a “basic human right,” has led the White House, Congress and state governments to try to connect every American to the internet. But, like many other ideas for how the government can “help,” the solution to the problem ...
Amid pervasive talk of a “divided America,” it can feel nearly impossible to find a subject that sparks genuine bipartisan action. In the domestic context, the issue of “religious freedom” is no exception; the words alone can send partisans to their respective barricades with no truce ...