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June 26, 2025|Blogs

Rostow’s The Stages of Growth Needs a Sixth Stage

Rostow’s model suggests that stage five is the ultimate destination. A better model sees no fixed stages and certainly no permanent peak, only a relentless push to go higher and higher.

June 25, 2025|Testimonies & Filings

Comments to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Regarding Countering Illicit Trade

The OECD guidelines are a critical step in shaping how global e-commerce operates. But unless they reflect the geopolitical and regulatory asymmetries that define today’s counterfeit trade, they will fall short of their ambition.

June 23, 2025|Blogs

California Should Modernize Its Carrier-of-Last-Resort Requirements

California’s outdated broadband laws are forcing providers to waste resources on obsolete copper lines, slowing progress and hurting consumers.

June 23, 2025|Podcasts

Podcast: mRNA and the Future of Personalized Medicine, With Andrew Geall and Deborah Barbara

Continued innovation and investment is vital to maintaining the U.S.'s leadership in the biopharma sector.

June 23, 2025|Blogs

Fact of the Week: China and the EU Invest More in Research at Government Institutions and Universities Than the US

In 2023, the United States invested about $175 billion in research conducted at government institutions and universities. That same year, the EU invested about $180 billion, and China about $200 billion.

June 23, 2025|Blogs

US Science Policy at a Crossroads

America needs a robust federal science and engineering enterprise now more than ever. But the scientific community’s rigid defense of the Vannevar Bush model and its full-throated embrace of ideological DEI has left it politically exposed.

June 20, 2025|Blogs

German State Prioritizes Politics Over Practical Technology Solutions

Schleswig-Holstein’s move to drop Microsoft for open-source tools reflects costly digital protectionism driven by politics, not practicality. EU governments should focus on evidence-based tech procurement over nationalist agendas.

June 17, 2025|Blogs

Fixing America’s Quality Crisis Starts With Reforming the Baldrige Award

Tariffs and tax breaks won’t fix America’s quality crisis. But perhaps an overhaul of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will.

June 17, 2025|Blogs

No, Social Media is Not Porn

France may label certain social media platforms as porn sites to enforce age checks, a move that misrepresents platform use and raises privacy, free speech, and regulatory concerns.

June 17, 2025|Blogs

MEP Program Critical for Small Manufacturers Underpinning America’s Manufacturing Revival

Small manufacturers power U.S. industry, but many are struggling to compete. Cutting the MEP program would weaken the backbone of America's manufacturing economy.

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