Publications: David Moschella
July 7, 2025
The Tortured Logic of Digital Services Taxes
Policymakers must justify why they should be allowed to tax the major digital companies differently from the leading firms in other industries. This challenge explains why so much of the DST debate has centered around obscure and abstract notions of a company’s “physical presence” and whether the company’s users “create value.”
June 16, 2025
ITIF Community Survey: Which Factors Do You Think Put the Most Downward Pressure on Wages?
There are many sources of pressure on wages and household incomes. Take this two-minute survey to share your opinion about which dynamics are most important.
April 14, 2025
America’s Confederation of Trade Policy Dunces
The lurch from naïve free trade to self-defeating trade wars makes it appear that there is no place in between. But this is not the case.
January 31, 2025
Dominant Companies Are Part of the Tech Industry’s DNA; Policymakers Should Make Sure They Remain American
The pattern of dominant hi-tech companies isn’t an accident or the result of nefarious deeds; it reflects fundamental industry dynamics—and it has been hugely beneficial. Making sure these businesses remain American should be an overriding policy goal.
December 16, 2024
Eight Ways the New Administration Can Pursue a Post-Techlash Agenda
There is a huge opportunity to change the technology narrative of recent years, making it less about fear, potential downsides and things to blame, and more about national development, competitiveness, and prosperity in an “America First” context.
November 6, 2024
Alphabet Case Echoes 50 Years of Antitrust Overreach
New technologies, not antitrust actions, have tended to humble tech giants of the past. There ’s no reason to believe that won’t be the case today as regulators target a new set of companies.
September 20, 2024
Podcast: Agree to Disagree: Are We Living in an Age of Techno-Pessimism? With Rob Atkinson and David Moschella
Rob Atkinson and David Moschella appeared on the Technically Human Podcast with host Deb Doing to discuss their book Technology Fears and Scapegoats.
August 3, 2024
Podcast: Technology Fears and Scapegoats in Digital Health, With David Moschella
David Moschella appeared on Health Stealth Radio with host Frank Cutitta for a lively “fireside spat” about digital health transformation, and Moschella and Rob Atkinson’s newly released book Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths about Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy.
August 1, 2024
Podcast: A Positive Spin on AI, With David Moschella
David Moschella appeared on The Wealthability Show with Tom Wheelwright to discuss how businesses can adapt to AI, and Moschella’s new book with Rob Atkinson, Technology Fears and Scapegoats.
July 2, 2024
Podcast: The Four-Dimensional China Challenge, With David Moschella
David Moschella appeared on The China Desk with Steve Yates to discuss the historically unique challenge China poses to the United States and the West as the world’s largest market, the world’s largest supplier, America’s fiercest competitor, and a geopolitical and military rival—themes that pervade Moschella and Rob Atkinson’s book Technology Fears and Scapegoats.