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March 25, 2016

Price of Admission

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti | Media Hit

Howard’s president, Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, and the board want to sell the spectrum used by WHUT. There has been increasing demand for these invisible waves by cable and mobile phone providers. Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation, noted on RealClearTechnology, “Spectrum is the most unappreciated and underrated of our natural resources. In economic terms, spectrum is particularly scarce, since there is an absolutely fixed amount of spectrum available.”

March 24, 2016

Donald Trump's Meeting with the Washington Post Editorial Board Was A Rambling Mess

Does Trump’s policy ignorance make any difference? I shudder to think what it will look like if—or when—he engages in one-on-one debates with Hillary Clinton.

March 22, 2016

Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders Are Winning the Fundraising Race

IPI expert referenced: Merrill Matthews | Media Hit

"The notion that you go in with a plurality, therefore you deserve the nomination is just flat wrong", said Merrill Matthews, who is a resident scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas.

March 21, 2016

ACA Marks 6th Anniversary As One of Worst Policy Disasters in U.S. History

This week marks the sixth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, one of the country’s worst public policy disasters. The president has had almost nothing but bad health care news since the legislation passed.

March 21, 2016

Creative Content Hits Back at Internet Australia on Internet Piracy, Site Blocking

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti | Media Hit

Creative Content Australia Executive Director Lori Flekser cites Tom Giovanetti, who said: “Patronising suggestions that creators should 'innovate' away their problems is an unhelpful contribution adding nothing to discourse about solutions to piracy…  Content owners ARE innovating. They also want their product protected against massive theft. It’s not a matter of either/or—it’s a matter of both/and.”

March 21, 2016

Donald Trump Faces The Real Possibility Of A Brokered Convention, Kasich Thinks He'll Get the Nod Over His Rival

IPI expert referenced: Merrill Matthews | Media Hit

If the business tycoon gets the most votes and delegates out of all Republican presidential candidates, he may still get stripped off the possible nomination by way of a brokered convention. “The notion that you go in with a plurality, therefore you deserve the nomination is just flat wrong,” said Merrill Matthews, IPI resident scholar.

March 20, 2016

History Suggests Brokered Convention Will Doom Donald Trump

IPI expert referenced: Merrill Matthews | Media Hit

Trump insists that the convention will have to pick him if he has more delegates than any other hopeful but short of the 1,237 majority needed to win on the first ballot. “The notion that you go in with a plurality, therefore you deserve the nomination is just flat wrong,” said Merrill Matthews, resident scholar at the Dallas-based think tank Institute for Policy Innovation.

March 18, 2016

Gagging Negative Reviews Online Impedes Commerce and Free Speech

Such actions designed to limit speech and thought are repugnant to the very meaning of being American.

March 18, 2016

Why Are Liberals Never the Swing Votes on the Supreme Court?

Judge Garland might have a great legal mind, but there is little reason to think he would be anything other than a reliable liberal vote—because virtually all of the Court’s liberals are reliable liberal votes, and have been for decades.

March 17, 2016

Picture Imperfect: Economic Graphs Tell Story of Obama's Failed Policies

If a picture is worth a thousand words, so are economic graphs, which can tell an economic story better than the raw data. IPI's new publication “Trend Tracker: A Picture of the Obama Economy” uses 10 charts to illustrate economic and political trends. There has been widespread concern President Obama's policies have led to years of tepid economic growth that have hurt the middle class; the graphs seem to verify those concerns.

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