Publications

About 125 years ago, Gregor Mendel created artificial plant hybrids.

A recent study by the Congressional Budget Office on tax rates and burdens has set off the usual dust-up between Republicans and Democrats.

The mere mention of radio frequency identification (RFID) makes some people nervous.

Want even more proof that the U.

Broadband is the high-octane fuel of the new economy.

How much is your time worth? Five bucks an hour? Twenty bucks? More? Well, take that figure and multiply it by 27.

To some Washington lawmakers the deficit is the lodestone for their fiscal decisions, guiding them like a compass in their opposition to tax cuts.

Contrary to dire predictions, the telecommunications deregulation that began two decades ago has produced enormous benefits for consumers. Greater investment freedom has led to new product development and deployment, an expansion of consumer choice, price stability, and jobs creation. This has been particularly true for less-regulated sectors of the telecom industry, such as wireless and satellite.

This guide explains the issues public policymakers face in considering the future of the U.S. telecommunications industry, offering in "plain English" the tools to make intelligent and principled decisions. It presents a set of guiding principles, based on the notion that less telecom regulation ultimately benefits consumers. It also explains commonly heard telecom-industry terms.

Remember the tax revolt that ushered in the age of Ronald Reagan: Proposition 13 in California.