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Broadly speaking, a “beggar thy neighbor” policy in economics is one in which one group tries to improve its economic position in a way that tends to harm the economic position of another group.

Regardless of one’s views on the deficit, our national debt and the various “solutions” being proposed, and regardless of one’s views on the spectrum (radio frequencies allocated to various uses) debate (how to find “more” spectrum), what should be obvious is that spectrum policy cannot merely become a subset of budget policy.

Rumor has it that the Wireless Tax Fairness Act may be up for a vote this month in the US House of Representatives.

For years, municipalities around the country have tried and failed to either set up communications networks or to partner with private companies to get into the business of video and telecommunication services.

“Officials were concerned that the protestors ‘would use mobile devices to coordinate their disruptive activities and communicate about the location and number of…police.

The ongoing budget debate, deciding how the country manages government spending, is a defining series of moments for the country.

For more than 45 years the states have fought in the courts or on Capitol Hill for the power to force merchants to collect tax for them when the merchant sells something out of state.

Philadelphia taxpayers left stranded, again, with a failed municipal wi-fi network might wish Philly was in the Tar Heel State.

Lately many technology stories, from search engines to telecommunications, include a discussion of a company’s ability to “control” some marketplace—in other words, lots of talk about “monopolies.

The FCC just released its wireless report, and for the second year in a row this FCC has declined to come to a conclusion as to whether the wireless industry is “competitive.