Kristen V. Brown, a staff writer at The Atlantic in a piece last week. I wouldn’t argue against being concerned, but there may be more privacy protection in place than…
By Jim Harper | October 4, 2024
How is technology revolutionizing access to capital for small businesses? What challenges do these businesses face in securing funding? And what broader role does technology play in improving their access…
By Shane Tews | October 3, 2024
In their book, Merchants of Doubt, Naomi Oreskes and Eric Conway argue that scientists “know bad science when they see it”: “It’s science that is obviously fraudulent — when data have…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | October 3, 2024
The US Supreme Court’s 2024 opinions in Moody v. NetChoice, Murthy v. Missouri, and National Rifle Association v. Vullo collectively should make it harder for plaintiffs to treat social media platforms as state-actor defendants for removing content the…
By Clay Calvert | October 2, 2024
“The definition of insanity,” Albert Einstein supposedly said, “is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” If true, then the advocates of legislative patent reform…
By Michael M. Rosen | October 1, 2024
Every so often, I come across a policy analysis that is so quantitatively robust and crystal clear in its presentation, that it clarifies how I think. Today is one of…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | October 1, 2024
Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris presidencies would engender political and policy outcomes monstrous in very different ways. Donald Trump is a thoroughly despicable man, a narcissist, and abject liar…
By Benjamin Zycher | September 30, 2024
This summer I experienced a cruelty I hope no one should have to endure. On Saturday my mother passed away, just three months and two days after my dad did…
By Will Rinehart | September 30, 2024
Broadband accessibility has rapidly transformed into a modern-day essential, integral to our nation’s economy. However, some still do not have access to basic internet connectivity, which became more evident during…
By Shane Tews | Mark Jamison | September 30, 2024
For my next trick, I hereby predict the fall of the new May 7, 2027 REAL ID compliance deadline. If you’re not a regular reader of my REAL ID posts, here’s…
By Jim Harper | September 27, 2024
Today I’m traveling to the 2024 Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics Workshop for Regulators. The 2024 IRLE Workshop marks not only the 18th annual gathering of regulators and scholars, but also…
By Lynne Kiesling | September 27, 2024
Last month wasn’t kind to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He suspended his run for president on August 23, saying he didn’t see “a realistic path to electoral victory.” Three days later, the US Court of…
By Clay Calvert | September 25, 2024
Australia has made something of an art form of leading the world with digital laws that look interesting at first blush but then prove either difficult to implement or impotent.…
By Bronwyn Howell | September 24, 2024
Flushed with the success last month of granting workers the “right to disconnect” from work communications after hours, the Australian government now plans to disconnect children from social media. On…
By Bronwyn Howell | September 24, 2024
Last week, SpaceX pushed back its timetable for the launch of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, and singled out government regulations as the cause: Unfortunately, we continue to be…
By Will Rinehart | September 23, 2024