Publication Type
December 2, 2004
Imagine That: Price Controls Stifle Capital Investment
For years, an antiquated federal rule caused a bottleneck that clogged the critical flow of capital to the information superhighway.
November 11, 2004
I Spy
PC users are fed up with spyware, a state of affairs that has provided Washington with yet another chance to exercise its legislative reflex.
November 4, 2004
Making the World Safe for Idea Pirates
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the most important organization that most people have never heard of.
October 28, 2004
The Consumer Project to Stop Technology
Always be skeptical of any organization that calls itself a “consumer group.
October 21, 2004
Who’s Afraid of RFID?
Afraid that your new electronics equipment from Best Buy is spying on you? It’s that tiny chip on the merchandise, hardly big enough see, that transmits radio signals that is causing all the anxiety.
October 7, 2004
Should Government Displace Innovators
In a nearly unprecedented act of foolishness, the Philadelphia city government is planning to wire the entire city for wi-fi Internet connections.
September 30, 2004
The Age of Innovation — Even in Compensation
Tech companies have been able to hire and keep the best employees because they typically have compensated them generously.
September 23, 2004
Giving R&D Credit Where Credit is Due
Research and development is the foundation of technological advance, the engine that helps deliver miracle drugs, timesaving devices and the cutting-edge technology that generates new jobs and economic progress.
September 9, 2004
Taxing the Internet: A Candy Shop for State Legislators
As Congress returns from its August flight from the political swamp on the Potomac, one of the issues it needs to resolve is Internet taxation.


