Publications

Eliminating harmful NEPA review is a necessary reform that will help America continue to lead in space innovation. However, the NPRM's uniform waiver across environmental laws and launch and reentry sites forgoes the risk-based, evidentiary approach that justifies deregulatory action.

Thailand’s digital markets exhibit no general market failure that could justify either new ex ante digital antitrust regulation like the PEA or the sort of heavy-handed sector-specific changes to its ex post enforcement framework contemplated by the Proposed Guidelines.

Heavy dependence on Chinese APIs creates risks to the drug supply and national security. To reduce dependence, U.S. policy should support domestic and allied production through the advanced manufacturing innovation, tax incentives, import limits, regulatory reforms, improved analysis, and targeted procurement, including strategic stockpiling.

The JFTC has an excellent opportunity to set the global gold standard for competition policy in merger enforcement by issuing guidelines that best foster innovation by fully encouraging the dynamic efficiency benefits that business combinations can bring.

The number of venture capital deals involving unicorns—firms valued at $1 billion or more—is growing, with $245.6 billion invested over 225 transactions in Q1 alone. 78 percent of this value was raised by just 5 firms.

Fixed compute thresholds for “frontier” AI models are quickly becoming outdated, and policymakers should adopt a dynamic, capability-based definition that keeps regulation focused on models posing truly exceptional risks.

The Democratic Party increasingly assumes the economy runs on autopilot, weakening its ability to articulate a serious vision for American economic strength.

Misleading interpretations of federal data have fueled claims that economic gains are increasingly flowing to shareholders. But when evaluating who benefits from economic growth, wages and salaries are only one component of national income.

Recent changes to science and immigration policy are making scientists reconsider building their careers in the United States. To preserve America’s competitive advantage, policymakers should ensure stable federal research funding, protect merit-based peer review, and modernize high-skill immigration policy.

Last year, the North American warehouse industry purchased more than 36,700 robots, the largest amount since 2022.