By Mark Pfeifle and Bob Jensen While Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer was steering bipartisan legislation to stimulate major investments in science through the Senate, his former chief counsel, acting Federal Trade Commission chairwoman, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, was leading the FTC in an unprecedented effort to block a merger of two U.S. companies […]
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The One-Way Road to AI
By Dr. Julián de Diego, Libertad y Progreso The dehumanizing process of HR sectors at corporations has begun. It is a metamorphosis that implies the application of exponential technologies to replace human labor through artificial intelligence. As a result of the accelerated pace of digitalization imposed on all activities by the pandemic, the […]
Why waiving intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines is wrong
By Philip Stevens, Geneva Network Last week the United States unexpectedly announced that it would join India, South Africa and others in supporting a proposal at the World Trade Organization to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines. In theory, this would free up other companies to make copies of proprietary vaccines […]
A Market-Orientated Approach Is The Best Way To Close The Digital Divide
By Will Yepez, National Taxpayers Union Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Angus King (I-ME) recently introduced the Broadband Reform and Investment to Drive Growth in the Economy (BRIDGE) Act of 2021 (S. 2071). This well-intentioned legislation would provide $40 billion in funding to states, Tribal governments, U.S. territories, and […]
Washington’s War on Big Tech Continues
By Edward Longe, American Consumer Institute In an era of deep political divisions, no issue unifies Republicans and Democrats quite like punishing big tech. In the last twelve months, Senate Democrats and Republicans have released their own punitive proposals to reform America’s antitrust law. Additionally, Democrats in the House of Representatives just published […]
RealClearMarkets – How To Best Adapt To a Hybrid Workplace Future
Note: This article was written by Daniel Freedman, CEO of Burnalong and published in RealClearMarkets on May 12, 2021. COVID-19 made remote work the new normal, giving employees more flexibility to live and work from anywhere. But with pandemic restrictions lifting, many companies now face a challenge: how do they keep the increased productivity and […]