In the Atlantic, Michael Mandel explains how the Federal Trade Commission’s looming antitrust settlement with the search giant shows that regulators can do their job without…
This week the FCC concluded that “broadband is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion” in its eighth annual “Broadband…
The FTC’s recent settlements with Google and Facebook raise an interesting question about how such regulatory run-ins can affect future innovation. The FTC fined Google…
Editor’s Note: This item is cross-posted from Innovation and Growth. I found myself reacting to the Libor scandal more strongly than a lot of the earlier…
PPI’s Chief Economic Strategist, Michael Mandel, on CNBC’s Closing Bell earlier this week discussing internet and mobile app privacy.
Last month, Congress and the president passed major legislation (the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act) aimed at making it easier for start-ups and small…
We have had a bevy of economic and political “events” in the last six months that have focused on stabilizing home prices. The President’s efforts…
Let me get this straight. The communications boom is finally reviving the U.S. economy. There’s an incredible wave of startup activity and excitement around smartphones,…
The late economist Mancur Olson would have been a fan of Jonathan Ames. Ames is the creator of the HBO series Bored to Death as…
IDEA #1: Scraping regulatory barnacles off the economy—A Regulatory Improvement Commission In our policy brief, “Reviving Jobs and Innovation: A Progressive approach to Improving Regulation,”…