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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.

Universities play a pivotal role in America’s technology economy, serving as a crucial source of research, inventions, patents, start-up technology companies, and regional economic and employment growth. The Bayh-Dole Act has played an instrumental role in spurring academic technology transfer activities that serve as vital drivers of American innovation.

When local data storage regulations are open or with pre-authorized safeguards, global exports are expected to rise by 3.6 percent and global gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to increase by 1.77 percent. When regulations are more stringent against different geopolitical blocs, global exports are expected to decline by 1.76 percent while GDP is expected to fall by 0.94 percent. Regulations that prohibit the flow of data also have a sizable impact with exports declining by 8.45 percent and GDP declining by 4.53 percent.

Texas's new Cyber Command Center strengthens defenses against rising cyber threats and builds a long-term cybersecurity workforce—offering a model other states can follow.

State bans on data-driven pricing could backfire by eliminating personalized discounts that help consumers. A better approach is enforcing existing laws, passing federal privacy rules, and clarifying what fair pricing looks like.

Although the Draft Guidelines provide guidance for stakeholders as to how the Act will be enforced, they do not adequately ensure that harms to mobile innovation and Japanese consumers will be minimized.

In reality, we live in a global economy that requires large, integrated firms to advance national success. That means embracing multinationals, not demonizing them.

Multifront conflicts have never ended well for the countries that provoked them.

Chinese e-commerce platforms are profiting from large-scale design theft that undermines independent creators on sites like Etsy. U.S. policymakers should respond with stronger IP enforcement and trade regulations to protect the American creative economy.

It’s time to think big and bold. The United States should pursue a super-automation moonshot by establishing 50 to 100 demonstration factories that deploy state-of-the-art automation technologies.