Publication Type
March 18, 2008
The Economic Logic of Free Trade
Expanding free trade agreements (FTAs) became more difficult when the Democratic Party took over control of Congress.
March 13, 2008
Arrested Development in Communications Regulation
The most serious disease that afflicts public officials is arrested development.
March 11, 2008
Hidden Taxes and Your Wireless Service
If you like taxes, you should love the wireless phone industry!
One of IPI’s fundamental principles of tax reform is transparency.
March 6, 2008
Thailand’s Compulsory Licensing: A Model for India?
For 10 years, anti-TRIPS (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) activists dreamed that Thailand would become the first developing country to use compulsory licensing to vitiate patents and thus facilitate the wholesale theft of innovative pharmaceutical products.
March 4, 2008
No Cheap Date
We’ve been trying to keep up with all of the new spending programs Senator Barack Obama promises to implement if he is elected president and, well, it hasn’t been easy.
February 28, 2008
Making a Case for Network Management
As Congress and the FCC consider calls from activist groups demanding restrictions on how network companies manage their networks, they should begin with the understanding that Internet bandwidth, like everything else, is a scarce commodity and must be managed to give businesses and consumers the kind of speedy and robust Internet that we have all come to depend on—both now and in the future.
February 26, 2008
You Do the Math (and You Won’t Like It)
We don’t really know yet how much taxpayers will have to cough up for Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to fulfill their promise to get every American covered with health insurance.
February 25, 2008
Network Management: Should We Have a Smart or a Stupid Internet
As Congress and the FCC consider calls from activist groups demanding restrictions on how network companies manage their networks, they should begin with the understanding that Internet bandwidth, like everything else, is a scarce commodity and must be managed to give businesses and consumers the kind of speedy and robust Internet that we have all come to depend on—both now and in the future.
February 21, 2008
Distracted Driving or Distracted Policy?
Ask any police officer in any state, county or city in America and they will tell you that they have the authority to pull over any driver who is driving erratically.
February 19, 2008
A Modest Proposal for Candidate Clinton
"What I try to do every day is figure out how to help somebody.


