Economists have long recognized that technological innovation and enhanced communication increase productivity and reduce friction in economic activity. And never before has technology’s impact on economic growth been as evident as it is today.
At IPI, we focus on technology and communications policy not only because it’s critical to economic growth, but also because government’s inherent tendency to regulate prospectively poses an active threat to the economic gains and lifestyle enhancements made possible by technological innovation.
The communications and technology industries are among the country’s most competitive and the biggest capital investors in the U.S. economy, and are thus prime engines of economic growth and job creation. It is critical that public policy encourages continued innovation and investment in the tech sector, and that we don’t limit the innovation upside with counterproductive taxes and regulations.
Testimony on Texas House Bill HB 2587, "Relating to the Censorship of Users' Expressions By an Interactive Computer Service
The most shocking and counterproductive thing that could happen with this legislation is that by declaring private businesses to be part of the “public square” as a means of justifying speech regulation, or by redefining terms like “common carrier,” you will be unintentionally facilitating a dramatic increase in the government’s power to regulate private speech.
Testimony Before the State Affairs Committee Texas House of Representatives Regarding Utility Pole Access
Testimony regarding HB 1505 that creates a system to fairly allocate the costs of replacing utility poles without making it unnecessarily costly to roll out broadband.
Even in a Pandemic, Here Is a Tax That Texas Republicans Can Cut
It’s time for Texas legislators to cut the video franchise fee. It is paid by Texas video customers and makes their bills higher than necessary. For 16 years Texas consumers have been footing the bill for a political payoff.
A Spectrum of Free-Market Success
Perhaps no federal official in recent memory has managed to demonstrate the superiority of property rights and free markets as well as Chairman Pai.
Washington's 'Knowledge Problem' About Innovation, Technology and Google
Antitrust reviews are the worst form of policymaking, with the government picking winners and losers, deciding what is “too big,” and otherwise carving up industry as if government has any understanding of business, innovation or even the effects of antitrust actions.
Coalition Letter Regarding the FCC's Proposal To Expand Existing Primary Wi-Fi Band Into the 5.9 GHz Band
The FCC’s 5.9 GHz compromise proposal is the best near-term solution to meet consumers’ growing connectivity needs and serve as a bridge and critical complement to the expanded new 6 GHz Wi-Fi ecosystem.
Is DoD Control of Our 5G Future the US Path to Innovation?
The DoD is persuing a plan to operate a national 5G network but it seems to be shockingly unaware of the extent of technological innovation and progress in this country and how it came to be.
Coalition Letter Opposing 5G Nationalization
Taxpayers should not foot the bill for something that the private sector is already committed to doing through a free market approach.
FCC: Promises Kept Coalition Letter
Coalition letter thanking all five FCC Commissioners, Chairman Ajit Pai, Commissioner Mike O’Rielly, Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, Commissioner Brendan Carr, and Commissioner Geoffery Starks, and the entire FCC staff for their valuable work that should not be dismissed as “lost opportunities.”
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