Month: July 2017

Unlocking the Airwaves In regulating radio, the FCC enacted rules nominally in the public interest, but which actually enriched specific interest groups. Gregory L. Rosston reviews ‘The Political Spectrum’ by Thomas Winslow Hazlett. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Gregory L. Rosston July 16, 2017 3:15 p.m. ET 2 COMMENTS Americans enjoy unprecedented choice in communications technology. We […]

Thomas Hazlett’s article in Barron’s (July 8) describes the success and failure of the FCC’s brave experiment in spectrum allocation, the “Incentive Auction.” Barron’s

The iPhone Turns 10. Herbert Hoover would have crushed it. How spectrum liberalization gave us the smartphone revolution. Harvard Business Review

Ten years ago Apple’s iPhone violated “network neutrality.” Today it is the consumer product of the century. RealClearMarkets