A recent majority staff report summarizing the findings of a yearlong House Antitrust Subcommittee investigation into competition in digital markets is filled with analytical errors that highlight larger problems with the report’s basic framing and policy conclusions.
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October 23, 2020
October 22, 2020
Fighting the latest evolution of piracy involves two new tools: live blocking and dynamic injunctions. This post highlights recent developments in the use of these two tools.
October 20, 2020
Political scientist and commentator Ruy Teixeira identified growthphobia and the revival of the "Luddite" idea that technology is destructive as the two causes fueling techno-pessimism on the left.
October 19, 2020
A new study finds that countries are 25 to 60 percent more likely to gain advantage in patenting in certain technologies, given a twofold increase in the number of foreign inventors from nations that specialize in those same technologies.
October 19, 2020
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation submitted feedback to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Request for Information on Dynamic Spectrum Sharing for 5G networks.
October 19, 2020
The State New Economy Index uses 25 indicators to measure the extent to which state economies are knowledge-based, globalized, entrepreneurial, IT-driven, and innovation-oriented.
October 15, 2020
Responding to the House Judiciary Committee's report, Robert D.
October 13, 2020
A new study has found that firms with CEOs who turned 18 during the Cultural Revolution spend less on R&D, generate fewer patents, and receive fewer citations to these patents.
October 13, 2020
Pundits and activists have looked at the reduced share of U.S. national income going to workers and have simply asserted that the cause is increased market concentration. This assessment is misplaced.
October 12, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the digital divide affecting millions of American families, especially those in low-income households.