Publications

The U.S. government lacks adequate capabilities to conduct the kind of techno-economic industrial analysis that is necessary to avoid losing to China, nor is it organized to formulate and manage industrial and competitiveness strategies, policies, and programs in an enterprise-wide way. Policymakers must address these gaps to mobilize America’s economic power industries.

According to the National Science Foundation’s Survey of Earned Doctorates, the number of science and engineering research doctorates awarded by U.S. universities increased 13.6 percent, from 41,247 in 2015 to 46,876 in 2025.

Policymakers should withdraw the proposed $70,000 Optional Practical Training fee and pursue targeted reforms that address fraud without driving away the scientists and engineers the United States needs.

Pew’s proposed broadband policies put government subsidies and mandates ahead of private investment, competition, and innovation which risks higher costs and worse outcomes for consumers.

AI investment is booming, but manufacturing output is stagnant. America needs industrial policy to restore manufacturing and reduce dependence on China.

The EU’s proposed KIDS ACT risks isolating children from valuable online communities through sweeping restrictions that fail to address specific harms or provide better alternatives.

Pricing software can facilitate collusion, but the relevant question is how firms use it. Policymakers should target practices that undermine competition rather than prohibit a technology with legitimate uses.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Commission seek to protect consumers from unwanted robocalls. The petition would undermine these protections by opening the floodgates to unwanted political robocalls. It would also create an exemption based on the content of the calls.

KFTC enforcement data suggests de facto bias against leading American technology companies. Given this record, U.S. policymakers should demand fair treatment for U.S. firms, and South Korean policymakers should reconsider expanding the KFTC’s authority over online platforms.

Research using the Real-Time Population Survey finds that more than 20 percent of workers use generative AI in four out of five detailed occupations. Yet, only one in six occupations has adoption above 70 percent.