Information Economy Project

Touched by Russian Trolls: How and Why a Coordinated Information Operation Interacts with Outsiders. Information Economy Seminar featuring Patrick Warren Watch Warren’s Lecture.

The Christian Science Monitor asks, “Will Backlash Against Big Tech Play into China’s Hands?” (Sept. 12, 2019), and quotes Clemson economist Thomas Hazlett for the answer: https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2019/0913/Will-backlash-against-Big-Tech-play-into-China-s-hands

Thomas Hazlett, “The New Trustbusters Are Coming for Big Tech,” was the cover story in Reason Magazine – from the October 2019 Issue (September 5, 2019): https://reason.com/2019/09/05/the-new-trustbusters-are-coming-for-big-tech/ A Reason podcast with the author follows (Sept. 4, 2019):  https://reason.com/podcast/should-amazon-and-google-and-facebook-be-canceled-by-antitrust-law/

Thomas Hazlett’s empirical work on “net neutrality” was discussed in this Washington Post article (Aug. 15, 2019) about a controversy in the Economic Report of the President: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/15/trumps-claim-his-deregulatory-moves-are-saving-american-households-year/?noredirect=on

Thomas Hazlett quoted in this article on satellite communications in the MIT Review (June 26, 2019): https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613751/spectrum-wars-satellite-communication/

Thomas Hazlett was quoted in the Wall Street Journal (June 25, 2019) in an article about a spectrum allocation dispute involving GPS services and 5G wireless newcomer, Ligado: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ligados-wireless-plans-caught-in-5g-agency-crossfire-11561474326

Clemson economics professor Kevin Tsui comments on the financial turmoil roiling real estate markets in Hong Kong in an article in the South China Morning Post (June 12, 2019): https://sg.news.yahoo.com/vanke-sell-251-flats-tuen-073835311.html

Clemson economists Robert Fleck and Andrew Hanssen interesting research on the age pattern of the careers of Hollywood actors was cited in this report in AFP (June 6, 2019), “’Big Little Lies’ Back for Second Dive into the Female Psyche’”: https://sg.style.yahoo.com/big-little-lies-back-second-dive-female-psyche-052910981.html

Sue Halperin follows-up with story in The New Yorker about national security and mobile technology, reporting on a debate raging over Industrial Policy in High Tech (May 24, 2019): https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/karl-rove-and-a-pitch-for-a-nationwide-5g-network-tailored-to-trumps-2020-campaign

Clemson professors Darren Linville and Patrick Warren discuss Russian bots, disinformation campaigns, and dubious tweets in a story by ABC News (May 1, 2019): https://www.yahoo.com/gma/trump-retweets-60-anti-biden-tweets-nearly-responding-132808465.html