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October 15, 2024
State Attorneys General Are Stepping in to Deal with ESG Abuse of Investors
The current proxy advisory system — in which proxy advisors make recommendations to investors and asset managers on how they should vote on shareholder proposals — has evolved into a deeply perverse mess. This has yielded adverse outcomes for investors, retirees, and firms, and for the economy as a whole, as a result of inefficient…
October 14, 2024
The Vital Importance of Encryption for Consumers: Lessons from Recent Events
As we observe Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October, a recent and alarming cyber incident is a stark reminder that digital security is a concern not just for businesses and governments but for every individual. The reported breach of major US telecom companies by Chinese hackers has thrown into sharp focus the vital importance of robust…
October 11, 2024
The Perils of a Google Breakup: A Warning for American Business
As American voters consider a potential Harris administration, it’s worth thinking about what it might mean for American business. In its ongoing antitrust case against Google, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering structural remedies including breaking up the tech giant, a troubling preview. While Europe and China might cheer the move, Americans should be concerned about…
October 10, 2024
Making Australia the Safest Place on Earth to Date?
Australia’s claim to stewarding the safest digital space on planet Earth took another step forward on October 1 when Communications Minister Michelle Rowland announced a “voluntary” code of conduct agreed to by online dating platforms Bumble, Grindr and Match Group Inc., a Texas-based company that owns platforms including Hinge, OKCupid, Plenty of Fish, and Tinder. The code is overseen…
October 10, 2024
The Clean Energy Transition’s Voter Problem
The future of the clean energy transition is cloudy. It’s well-known that there are disagreements—wide disagreements—between Republicans and Democrats about our energy future. But less well-known is the bedrock of public opinion on America’s energy supply, the importance of a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, and the general salience of the climate change issue….
October 9, 2024
Transparently Unconstitutional: California Strikes Out Again with Compelled-Speech Mandates
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit delivered an important First Amendment victory last month in X Corp. v. Bonta, ruling that Elon Musk’s company would likely win its free-speech challenge against California’s content-moderation disclosure statute. Ostensibly designed as “a pure transparency measure,” the law compels platforms to biannually report whether and how they define and moderate controversial forms of expression…
October 8, 2024
How to Get the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Back on Track
The Biden administration’s flagship broadband initiative, the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, is facing mounting criticism. Launched with the promise of bridging America’s digital divide, BEAD has yet to connect a single household or business three years in. Many point to the program’s design and the bureaucratic hurdles imposed by the National Telecommunications…
October 8, 2024
A Conversation with Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar
Event Summary On October 8, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar joined AEI’s Chris Miller for a conversation about how the federal government can increase the United States’ research and development (R&D) capabilities across the public and private sectors. The discussion focused on how the past several decades have seen…
October 8, 2024
Weather Attribution Alchemy
In the aftermath of many high profile extreme weather events we see headlines like the following: For those who closely follow climate science and the assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), such headlines can be difficult to make sense of because neither the IPCC nor the underlying scientific literature comes anywhere close…
October 7, 2024
Are Hurricanes Getting Worse?
That “climate change” — undefined and usually unquantified — is making weather patterns more adverse is a given among the chattering classes, but it always is useful to examine the actual underlying data. A prominent example appeared in a recent column in The Hill, in which reporter Rachel Frazin argues that “Climate change is making hurricanes like Hurricane Helene more…