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May 15, 2012 - Educating Ourselves: A Major Choice

Around prom time each year, we hear how American students stack up against their international peers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  America’s rankings should concern even the optimists.  But the contest is not over.  Our high school grads have a few more years to develop skills that will shape much of their working [...]

May 14, 2012 - Policy Induced Spectrum Shortages

Regular readers of this blog are well aware of the threat posed by the coming spectrum crunch.  As consumers adopt more and more data hungry wireless devices, the spectrum that carries the wireless networks will begin to feel a pinch.  More users on the same amount of spectrum as currently allocated to wireless providers means [...]

May 11, 2012 - Lending on the Level-Playing-Field

Warren Stephens’ commentary on “How Big Banks Threaten Our Economy” (WSJ, Opinion, April 30) discusses systemic banking risks and states correctly that “we should promote competition and innovation in the financial industry, not protect an oligopoly.”  However, he misses an important and timely example of how rules are set in favor of banks over potential [...]

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