Event Transcript

On October 30, 2007, the Institute for Policy Innovation and the Free State Foundation sponsored a major policy conference entitled “The Federal Unbundling Commission?” on Capitol Hill. The following is a slightly edited version of the Keynote Address delivered by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) to open the conference.

On October 30, 2007, the Institute for Policy Innovation and the Free State Foundation sponsored a major policy conference entitled “The Federal Unbundling Commission?” on Capitol Hill. The following is a slightly edited version of the Keynote Address delivered  by Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) during the conference luncheon.

This is the transcript of a speech given by IPI president Tom Giovanetti on Intellectual Property (IP) at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC Friday, February 10, 2006.

The information economy forces us to throw out some old, outdated ideas (such as the Phillips curve, antitrust regimes, etc.) and consider new ideas for public policy, according to economist Michael Cox of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, journalist James K. Glassman, and Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Dick Armey (R-TX). IPI Center for Technology Freedom Director Bartlett Cleland moderated the event.