Month: July 2017

Unlocking the Airwaves – WALL STREET JOURNAL Review of ‘The Political Spectrum’

July 17, 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)

July 10, 2017

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

Thomas Hazlett in the Harvard Business Review (June 29, 2017)

July 5, 2017

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

Thomas Hazlett in RealClearMarkets (June 29, 2017)

July 5, 2017

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