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Competition

Competition and patience

by Jerry Brito on February 22, 2010 • View Comments

Market processes–especially those surrounding new technology and distribution channels–can be less than instantaneous, but they have a way of ultimately conforming to economic reality.

Railroading Broadband?

by Jerry Ellig on February 18, 2010 • View Comments

Can broadband policymakers learn from more than 100 years of American experience with railroad regulation?

What’s Behind Google’s Broadband Plan?

by Gabriel Okolski on February 16, 2010 • View Comments

Is Google’s high-speed broadband network plan an entrepreneurial, competitive foray into the market or an elaborate lobbying attempt to secure government funding in the future?

A Little Competition Goes a Long Way

by Gabriel Okolski on February 11, 2010 • View Comments

Increased competition in the e-book reader market may offer several lessons for Google’s book scanning settlement with authors.

Is Prosper prospering?

by Stefanie Haeffele-Balch on January 28, 2010 • View Comments

Prosper’s lending statistics for the end of 2009 are in and is once again lending is on the rise.

Regulatory Whack-A-Mole, Part II

by Jerry Ellig on January 21, 2010 • View Comments

Recent contorversies over early termination fees for wireless devices show that policymakers still don’t understand the limits of what they can accomplish.

Publicly traded but closely held

by Jerry Brito on January 18, 2010 • View Comments

Google’s recent China move is not about protecting its business interests, in fact quite the opposite. It possible because the founders have majority control of the company.

Trendy regulation and unintended consequences

by Stefanie Haeffele-Balch on January 14, 2010 • View Comments

When regulators standardize current actions and beliefs they do more harm than good.

Online wine sales: Retailers matter

by Jerry Ellig on December 9, 2009 • View Comments

If you’re thinking of laying in a nice California red for the holidays, you might have to pay more if your state only allows wineries to ship directly to consumers.

An Incomplete Solution for Google’s Mega Library

by Gabriel Okolski on November 24, 2009 • View Comments

Google’s revised settlement with authors for its book database may hurt consumers by giving Congress the authority to approve competition and narrowing the scope of works to be made available.

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