By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor The Viral Rollercoaster — We unlock, we lock back down. Cases surge, deaths don’t. Schools to open, schools stay closed. It almost seems like politics and policy is rational and sane in comparison. Well, virus or no, Free Market policy people are working to offer better perspectives and […]
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Washington Beyond the Headlines: Real Ideas for Police Reform
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor We all know the bad news – you can take your pick! So here’s the good news: free market policy people keep right on working through the storm, offering perspective and policy options to lead us to better times. This week’s news … “Fixing” the Police. Some […]
Don’t Think Software Design Is An Artform? Just Look At Java
By Thomas Carey, Sunstein LLP In its current term, the Supreme Court will decide Google v. Oracle, a copyright case that has huge implications for the software industry. The smaller issue, potentially involving billions of dollars, is whether Google’s Android operating […]
Tech tax: a moderate European perspective
“Taxing the digital economy — Time for pragmatism” Courtesy of CEPS Globalisation and digitalisation, together with concerns over corporate tax avoidance, have sparked an international debate about whether tax rules are fit for purpose. The issue of taxing the digital economy figures ever more prominently on policy agendas around the world, while the OECD is […]
The Shark From Denmark: Vestager is coming for Big Tech
Execs for American Big Tech companies including Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon have probably been enjoying a few sleepless nights since the reappointment of Margrethe Vestager, the bare knuckles European competition supremo, to her post as European Commissioner for Competition, along with her elevation […]
TES Weekly Update: Diabetes breakthrough promises healthier lives for millions
Editor’s Note: And undermining IP laws promises opposite Have you ever noticed that “fake news” almost always means bad news? Of course it’s taken for granted that “real news” usually means the same. Well, here’s that rarest of treasures, a piece of news that is both real and good, which frankly everyone should be […]
Google investigations aim to protect free market, say state AGs
The investigation into Google’s competitive practices launched by the attorneys general of 48 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia isn’t a witch hunt or political maneuver, but a broad bipartisan effort to protect the free market and American consumers, according to Curtis […]
She’s baaaack: Vestager returns, more powerful than ever
Executives at Facebook, Google, Apple and other Big Tech firms would probably be happy to never again hear the name of Margrethe Vestager, the Danish competition supremo at the European Commission, who won fame (or infamy, depending on your point of view) as the […]
They’re barking up the wrong tree on Section 230
Some big name conservatives are upset over Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, but it rather seems they’ve got the wrong end of the stick (as Captain Peacock might say). That’s according to Robert Winterton, Director of Communications at NetChoice, a trade association committed […]
France hits U.S. tech titans with new tax
Ryan Khurana at CapX argues that France’s new “digital services tax” is a thinly veiled assault on leading American tech firms. With a three percent revenue tax on companies making €750 million and up, the measure is squarely aimed at the likes of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple — which French Finance Minister […]