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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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Yet another way Obamacare stymies health care innovation

James Pethokoukis | June 12, 2013, 11:59 am

What drives value creation and innovation in the US economy? Competition. (I once asked the head of the McKinsey Global Institute how to make America more innovative. The reply: “Maximum competitive intensity.” Love it.) Well, make that most of the US … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, China

Strategies for peacetime competition with China

Henrik Temp and Sofiya Mahdi | March 7, 2013, 2:28 pm

On Tuesday, Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA) delivered remarks to a packed house at AEI. His topic: Peaceful competition with China and its implications for the United States. In his view, while the US-China relationship has a lot of room … read more >

Economics, Health Care, Pethokoukis

Is the way to fix Obamacare … more Obamacare?

James Pethokoukis | February 20, 2013, 4:23 pm

Democrats from President Harry Truman onward have pushed for government-provided health insurance. And they thought their moment had arrived with the election of Barack Obama as president and huge Democratic majorities in Congress. It didn’t quite happen the way they … read more >

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Economics, Regulation

Broadband competition in the internet ecosystem: A conflict of visions

Jeffrey Eisenach | October 18, 2012, 11:00 am

Are broadband networks part of the Internet ecosystem? If it seems like a silly question, you haven’t been paying attention to what passes for liberal thinking about the Internet these days. According to some—including Cardozo Law School professor and former … read more >

Economics

Information rules and regulations

Nick Schulz | February 29, 2012, 3:15 pm

Washington Post reporter Cecilia Kang is terrific at covering the myriad battles roiling tech-land, from patents to spectrum to anti-trust and more. But in a piece on the high “cost” of switching from Google to other information providers, she mischaracterizes … read more >

Economics

The 6 killer apps of Western civilization: Part 1: Competition

Henrik Temp | January 23, 2012, 3:17 pm

Check out this great TED talk, in which British historian Niall Ferguson explains his answer to the question of why Western civilization achieved such a clear dominance over the rest of the world. The presentation is a summary of Ferguson’s … read more >

Economics

Is Competitiveness Worth Defending?

Chad Hill | September 22, 2011, 3:22 pm

In the State of the Union address this year, President Obama called for a “competitiveness initiative.” He has his own Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and earlier this week the White House released the president’s “American Jobs Act” and suggested … read more >