June 14, 2021
David Deming (Harvard) discusses why manufacturing jobs are no longer a straightforward path to the middle class, and why greater investments in public colleges can help more people get well-paying jobs in a changing economy.
January 10, 2021
The breach highlights the challenge of ensuring the security of outside providers and the risk of widespread dependence on products provided by a single company.
November 12, 2020
The network effects, pricing, and informational advantages that characterize two-sided platforms operated by “big tech” companies complicate antitrust analysis.
February 11, 2020
There are technological options and audit strategies that could make voting systems more robust. However the adoption and deployment of these fixes faces challenges.
December 1, 2019
Uncertainty regarding the costs of breaches as well as the existence of cyber-insurance can lead organizations to underinvest in cybersecurity defenses.
January 28, 2019
Rising corporate concentration and increasing income inequality are bolstering calls for more stringent application of antitrust laws.
August 3, 2018
Forced technology transfer occurs when foreign multinational companies have to provide strategically significant technology to an indigenous entity they do not control in order to gain access to the massive Chinese market. Firms lose a valuable asset and global innovation can be hampered.
July 25, 2018
China is targeted industries as it aims to increase Chinese innovation and upgrade the production methods used in manufacturing from labor-intensive to high-tech. The U.S. companies that compete with them are hurt. But, American consumers enjoy lower import prices, leaving Americans as a whole better off.
January 16, 2018
Technology is displacing workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It is also making hard-to-automate social skills increasingly valuable.