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| Jul 15, 2026 | Google DeepMind CEO Wants an AI Watchdog That Could Pause the Entire Industry | By Eloise Jones
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| Jul 8, 2026 | Delaying Social Security reform raises risks for bond markets and the economy, research finds | Social Security’s trust fund that helps pay retirement benefits is projected to run out in late 2032.
If no legislative action is taken by then, that inflection point may lead to a fiscal crisis, according to new research.
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| Mar 16, 2026 | Block Renovation’s Julie Kheyfets on aging-in-place renovations and ADUs | As the senior demographic continues to grow and evolve, reverse mortgage professionals may be getting more questions about home renovation projects and how to fund them.
Tapping into home equity through a traditional reverse mortgage, a pro... |
| Feb 1, 2026 | The end of ‘Pax Americana’ and start of a ‘post-American’ era doesn’t necessarily mean the world will be less safe (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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America’s role in the world is changing. If this wasn’t obvious before, it should be now, following President Donald Trump’s efforts to take over Greenland and his visibly strained ... |
| Jul 24, 2025 | How Trump could use a building renovation to oust Fed Chair Powell | Last week, when asked if he thought the building renovation was a “firing offense,” Trump said, “I think it is.” But he later added that it was “highly unlikely” that he would ultimately remove Powell before his term expires in May 2026.
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| Jul 24, 2025 | A new bill could make it easier to build a tiny home in your backyard—here’s what to know | Granny flats, backyard cottages, garage apartments, in-law suites, guest houses — whatever you call them, a new bipartisan bill could make them easier to finance.
The SUPPLY Act, introduced in the House last week by Reps. Sam Liccardo, D-Ca... |
| Jul 16, 2025 | How Trump could use a building renovation to oust Fed Chair Powell | The risk of the Fed losing its political independence could undermine America’s financial markets, possibly leading to a meltdown in stocks and investors charging a premium to lend to the U.S. economy.
Here’s what to know:
Ousting Powell ri... |
| May 23, 2025 | The Looming Cuts to SNAP: A Recipe for Crisis | The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is on the chopping block. Proposed cuts threaten to slice benefits for millions of Americans. The GOP tax bill, touted as a “big, beautiful” solution, may instead serve as a recipe for di... |
| May 21, 2025 | Food stamps face ‘biggest cut in the program’s history’ under GOP tax bill | As lawmakers look to enact a new legislative tax package, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is poised to see big cuts that experts say could put benefits at risk.
With the proposed changes, more federal food assistance... |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Lena Health Raises $2M for AI-Powered Care Coordinator | What You Should Know:
– Lena Health, an AI-powered care coordinator raises $2M in seed funding round co-led by Emergent Ventures and Cultivation Capital, the round saw participation from the Texas Medical Center (TMC) Venture Fund and Carav... |
| Mar 3, 2025 | As Social Security plans to cut about 7,000 workers, some experts worry that may affect benefits | The Social Security Administration has announced new plans to bring down costs, including efforts to reduce its head count to 50,000 from 57,000.
For some Americans, that could result in a lengthier waiting time for benefits, experts say.
T... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | National Politics | Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims | Related Articles
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| Feb 14, 2025 | Trump unveils 'reciprocal tariffs' plan targeting friends and foes | WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump inked plans on Thursday (Feb 13) for sweeping "reciprocal tariffs" that could hit both allies and competitors, in a dramatic escalation of an international trade war that economists warn could... |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Trump's tariff tactics may reshape global trade: Analysts | WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's use of tariffs as a blunt weapon to extract concessions on everything from commerce to immigration and drug trafficking could redraw global trading norms, analysts say.
Since his inauguration on ... |
| Jan 18, 2025 | The Shifting Sands of American Politics: Micro-Deportations and the Democrats' Dilemma | America stands at a crossroads. The landscape of its politics is shifting like sand beneath our feet. Two pressing issues dominate the discourse: the rise of micro-deportations and the Democrats' struggle to maintain relevance in a cha... |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Commentary | Opinion: James Witte and Marissa Kiss: Mass deportation is unlikely. Micro-deportations are the graver concern. | Mass deportation would also leave a painful hole in America’s workforce. While wages would rise, supply chains and production would be disrupted, particularly where unauthorized migrants play essential roles. For example, there would be sho... |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Federal Reserve is likely to slow its rate cuts with inflation pressures still elevated | “Growth is definitely stronger than we thought, and inflation is coming in a little higher,” Powell said recently. “So the good news is, we can afford to be a little more cautious” as the Fed’s officials seek to lower rates to what they con... |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Trump revoking Biden AI EO will make industry more chaotic, experts say | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Come the new year, the incoming Trump administration is expected to make many changes to existing policies, and A... |
| Nov 11, 2024 | States are making ADUs easier to build. Now it’s up to municipalities to follow suit. | The national housing shortage, the benefits of increased density, an ongoing shift in consumer tastes toward smaller homes closer to where the urban action is, and other factors have pushed state legislators to make it easier to build acces... |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Предиктивная аналитика политических кризисов с помощью machine learning (на исторических данных) | Допустим, вы инвестор-финансист, покупающий государственные облигации банановой республики или акции компании по выращиванию и поставке бананов или даже правитель бананового рая – всегда необходимо учитывать не только финансовые, но и полит... |
| Oct 15, 2024 | The Power of Community in STEM: Maggie Li's Journey from Quantum Computing to Longevity | Created by Carl Williams
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| Sep 30, 2024 | California AI bill veto could allow smaller devs, models to ‘flourish’ | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1047, the bill that many believed would change the landscape of AI develop... |
| Aug 17, 2024 | The Housing Market's Tightrope: Balancing Affordability and Demand | The U.S. housing market is a tightrope walk. On one side, affordability issues loom large. On the other, demand remains tepid. As mortgage rates fluctuate and policies shift, the landscape is in constant flux. The interplay of these factors... |
| Aug 16, 2024 |
Housing production and land regulation expert explores potential affordability solutions | In this week’s episode of the Top Of Mind podcast, Altos Research President Mike Simonsen explores the housing affordability and supply crisis facing the U.S. and its major cities.
Salim Furth joins Simonsen to share his expert opinions on ... |
| May 14, 2024 | Inside the AI export controls debate | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The federal government is wading into AI export controls, raising questions over how to balance national security and competition.
Why it matters: Lawmakers, citing cybersecurity concerns, don't ... |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Why are film tax incentives not common in Africa? | If you’ve ever seen a film that was filmed in Georgia, USA, the evidence is unmistakable. After the movie credits, the Georgia Peach logo is prominently displayed. This logo serves more than an aesthetic purpose; it signifies that the produ... |
| Jan 29, 2024 | A conservative fix for the housing crisis is making homes cheaper and more abundant in Texas | Economy A conservative fix for the housing crisis is making homes cheaper and more abundant in Texas
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| Sep 28, 2023 | What Would Happen To Michigan’s Communities If Ford And GM Left? | ROMULUS, MI - FEBRUARY 13: Ford CEO Jim Farley announces at a press conference that Ford Motor ... [+] Company will be partnering with the worlds largest battery company, a China-based company called Contemporary Amperex Technology, to crea... |
| Aug 28, 2023 | New Studies Provide Further Evidence That Zoning Reforms Work | Houston Downtown Main Streetgetty |
| Aug 7, 2023 | America, take note: New Zealand has figured out a simple way to bring down home prices | This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in.
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| Jul 12, 2023 | Seattle goes big on accessory dwelling units | Interest in building accessory dwelling units — more commonly known as ADUs — spiked across the greater Seattle area thanks largely to new regulations encouraging the construction of secondary housing units.
Why it matters: In cities like S... |
| Jun 24, 2023 | New Study Finds It’s Cheaper To Raise A Family Today Than In The Past, But It Could Be Much Cheaper | Shot of a family of four cooking together in their kitchen at homegetty |
| Jun 12, 2023 | U.S. Economy Will Underperform Until We Get Regulation Under Control | A Senate aide delivers a stack of documents bound in red tape being used as a prop during debate on ... [+] the budget in the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP PHOTOS |
| May 26, 2023 | Zoning Reforms, Not Public Housing, Will Fix Rhode Island’s Housing Problem | Aerial shot of Newport, Rhode Island on a sunny day in Fall.getty |
| Apr 26, 2023 | One More Time With Feeling: The GOP Never Seriously Supported ‘Antitrust Reform’ Or Monopoly Busting | For the last few years, press and policy circles were absolutely dominated by talk about how there was an amazing “new, bipartisan coalition” of folks interested in “reining in ‘Big Tech’,” meaningfully checking corporate power, and finally... |
| Apr 17, 2023 | Can Whistleblowing Save Tech? | In 2021, former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen disclosed tens of thousands of pages of internal Facebook documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Congress, and the Wall Street Journal. The so-called Facebook Files expos... |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Why Raising Taxes Is A Misguided Approach To Inflation Control | Jerome Powell, Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Some commentators argue the Fed ... [+] should have taxing authority to aid in its mission to maintain price stability. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Western Sanctions Are Raising Putin’s War Costs | KIEV, UKRAINE - 2021/08/24: Female servicemen are seen marching during the Independence Day military ... [+] parade on the Independence Square in downtown of Kiev. (Photo by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images... |
| Jan 4, 2023 | The rise of 'Zoomtowns' is going to make home prices and rents cheaper for everyone | It's easy to blame remote workers for the pandemic's chaotic housing market. Highly paid white-collar employees who exercised their newfound freedom and turned once cheap locales into expensive "Zoomtowns" make for vivid... |
| Jul 20, 2022 | Inflation in Kenya: why and how to fix it | Inflation in Kenya: why and how to fix it; Image: Adobe stock
Inflation has hit many countries recently, from the United States to Sri Lanka.
Russia’s war on Ukraine has raised the price of oil to the highest level in history, which spills ... |
| Jul 14, 2022 | Improving international regulatory cooperation in an age of trade skepticism | In the run-up to the 2016 election, an interesting shift in the political narrative took place. International trade, which had not been much of an issue for decades and had largely been embraced by both parties, suddenly become a major topi... |
| Jun 30, 2022 | The Country May Be Close To A Recession, But These States Are Still Growing | WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 22: U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting about ... [+] mineral supply chains and clean energy manufacturing in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex February 22, 2022 in Washin... |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Having Trouble Hailing Cabs While Uber/Lyft Prices Surge? Time To Fix Regulations | NYC Taxi Medallion getty |
| May 18, 2022 | Despite DC Sound And Fury, Public Support For Regulating ‘Big Tech’ Is Actually Down | For several years now there’s been an endless amount of clamor in DC about how we “need to regulate big tech.” Unfortunately, many of the solutions on this front have ranged from incoherent to performative, failing utterly to actually shore... |
| Apr 25, 2022 | Medicaid Expansion Would Only Expand Waste And Poor Care | "By expanding Medicaid, states have dramatically increased the number of patients on the program's ... [+] rolls," Sally Pipes writes. "Meanwhile, the number of doctors willing to see those patients has largely stayed th... |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Rep. Ken Buck Threatens To Use Antitrust To Attack ‘Woke’ Apple | We’ve noted for a while that DC, and particularly the GOP’s, interest in “antitrust reform” is somewhat hollow. For one, while the United States is rife with heavily monopolized business sectors (insurance, health care, telecom, banking, ai... |
| Mar 18, 2022 | The Fed Should Stop Targeting Prices | Blind businessman holding a dart. getty |
| Feb 23, 2022 | Governors Cannot Stop Inflation, But Tax And Regulatory Reform Will Boost Their States’ Economies | WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 18: Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) speaks before a Senate Republican Policy luncheon at ... [+] the Russell Senate Office Building on May 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Scott spoke on inflation and the rising cost of goods prior t... |
| Feb 13, 2022 | The Government Is Confusing Values And Science In Climate Policy | Scientists studying polio vaccine in undated photo circa 1950s.Bettmann Archive |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Big Tech 'Antitrust Reform' Agenda Sags, Revealing Mostly Empty Rhetoric | Much of last year was dominated by talk about how there was a “new, bipartisan coalition” of folks interested in “reining in big tech” via “antitrust reform.” The GOP in particular, which has, for forty years, largely embraced and encourage... |
| Jul 29, 2021 | Talview : Raises $15M to Revolutionize Talent Lifecycle | SAN MATEO, Calif., July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Talview, a leading provider of an end-to-end, AI-powered hiring and proctoring solution, today announced it closed $15M in Series B funding led by Silicon Valley investor Eileses Capital with... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | State Lawmakers Advance Reforms Expanding Access To Health Care | State lawmakers have introduced legislation in 2021 to expand access to telemedicine. getty |
| Jun 14, 2021 | New Government Climate Report Could Help Justify Hundreds Of Billions In Regulatory Costs | The Biden Administration is tweaking its estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases.getty |
| Mar 25, 2021 | Pro-Growth Policies Will Help Local Governments Attract People Working From Home | Man in his 30s sitting on chair with laptop, on phone call, communication, owner, entrepreneur getty |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Biden should double down on Trump’s policy of promoting AI within government | President Biden is signing a flurry of executive actions during his first few weeks in office, many of them overturning Trump policies. Trump’s recent executive order on promoting the use of artificial intelligence in government agencies, h... |
| Feb 25, 2021 | The Economics Of California’s Net Neutrality Law | The California State Legislature doesn't care about the economics of net neutrality, but you should. ... [+] getty |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Biden should double down on Trump’s policy of promoting AI within government | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
President Biden is signing a flurry of executive ... |
| Feb 2, 2021 | HHS’s ‘sunset rule’ will save money and lives | There has been a lot of hand-wringing lately over a new regulation from the Department of Health and Human Services known as the sunset rule.
This regulation, which was finalized in the waning days of the Trump administration, is meant to m... |
| Feb 1, 2021 | Utah’s Effort To Expand Regulatory Sandboxes Is Smart Move | An elevated view of Utah's State Capitol building in springtime, located to the north of Salt Lake ... [+] City center.getty |
| Jan 15, 2021 | Five New Year’s Resolutions For Cryptocurrency | Fintech experts discuss the future of cryptocurrency in the Biden Administration. Panelists include ... [+] Rep. Patrick McHenry, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, Prof. J.W. Verret, author David DesRosiers, and Roslyn Layton, PhD.RealClear P... |
| Jan 12, 2021 | How the OCC Is Building Crypto America (and Saving Banks From Extinction) | Over the last 12 years, $1 trillion of value has appreciated into existence. It may be a little more or a little less tomorrow, give a few $100 billion. It may one day reach $10 trillion or $100 trillion or stay at $1 trillion forever. It m... |
| Dec 21, 2020 | Ready.net Links America’s Digital Divide, One Internet Connection At A Time | There is much to be down about in 2020. Yet, America’s heart broke when the story of two elementary school girls spending hours to complete their homework outside of a Taco Bell made national news. |
| Dec 19, 2020 | How To Recover Stronger In 2021 | A young man jump between 2020 and 2021 years over the sun and through on the gap of hill silhouette ... [+] evening colorful sky. happy new year 2021.getty |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Amazon Gets Billions While State And Local Government Budgets Collapse | MT PLEASANT, WI - JUNE 28: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) breaks ground along with Wisconsin Gov. ... [+] Scott Walker (L) and Foxconn CEO Terry Gou (R) at the 2018 groundbreaking for the highly subsidized Foxconn plant in Wisconsin. The p... |
| Dec 7, 2020 | What Everyone Should Know About The Labor Market | A worker in another country, where the labor force is unregulated, can take your job.getty |
| Oct 23, 2020 | License To Earn: New Measurement Shows Licensing Restrictions Depress Wage Growth, Here’s The Solution | Photo by Jennifer Burk on Unsplash |
| Oct 13, 2020 | How The Antitrust Inquiry Into Google Can Result In Corporate Welfare For Competitors | There is a lot of big government and big business collaboration in the United States. Many great endeavors of the day, from artificial intelligence to infrastructure to smart cities to space commercialization, are dominated by partnerships ... |
| Oct 6, 2020 | Small Businesses Need Access To Capital To Power Recovery | LONG BEACH, CA - JULY 16: Shayna "Pigeon" Meikle opens her roller skate shop on Retro Row in Long ... [+] Beach on Thursday, July 16, 2020. The shop, Pigeon's Roller Skate Shop formerly known as Moxi Roller Skates Shop along ... |
| Sep 24, 2020 | The Social Cost Of The First 200,000 Lives Lost To Covid-19 | This week the U.S. reached a grim milestone in the war against Covid-19, with more than 200,000 deaths officially confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [1]. |
| Aug 27, 2020 | What Utah Can Teach Other States About Surviving A Recession | A skier jumping off a ledge at Powder Mountain, Utah.getty |
| Aug 25, 2020 | What Comes After Trillion? Coming To Terms With The Impenetrable Costs Of Government Intervention | “We print it digitally,” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said of money. |
| Aug 11, 2020 | The Measure And Mismeasure Of Rules | Measuring the growth of America’s regulatory burden over the past half century has been a notoriously difficult task, so it is not surprising that measuring a reduction in regulatory burdens is at least as challenging. Those of us who study... |
| Jul 1, 2020 | Zoning Reform Is Needed Post Covid-19 | Tables for outdoor dining are set up outside a restaurant in the Little Italy neighborhood on June ... [+] 24, 2020 in New York City. - New York businesses opened their doors to returning waves of workers June 22 as the city that was once t... |
| Jun 26, 2020 | Why We Weren’t Ready For Covid-19 | Our health insurance system penalizes people who go back to work.Getty |
| Jun 19, 2020 | Troops Clash Along Chinese-Indian Border; U.S. and China Hold High-Level Diplomatic Talks | At Least Twenty Dead in Clash at Chinese-Indian Border
On the night of June 15, according to a statement released by the Indian military, at least 20 Indian soldiers died after a “violent face off” with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley n... |
| May 11, 2020 | COVID-19 Makes Employer-Based Coverage Indefensible | A sign announces the closure of the Massachusetts Unemployment Office, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in ... [+] Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Mar 27, 2020 | The 2020 Ranking Of Free-Market Think Tanks Measured By Social Media Impact | Due to the coronavirus pandemic think tanks around the world are working under quarantine and have cancelled all events in the coming months. They will have to rely more on social media to get their messages across. How successful are free-... |
| Nov 11, 2019 | Helicopter Government? How The Internet Of Things Enables Pushbutton Regulation From A Distance | Artificial intelligence can be curiously stupid. My Android phone still thinks I’m “wing Cruz” and doesn’t know my kids. Pandora overplays The Church and Deadmau5 (no offense). |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Facebook’s plan for our post-web future | Let us connect some dots. Five years ago, Facebook acquired VR pioneers Oculus for $2 billion. This week, it snapped up neural-interface pioneers CTRL-Labs for somewhere north of $500 million, and announced that its own massively multiplaye... |
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| Jul 16, 2019 | Section 230 Is Not Exceptional, It Is Not Unique, It Is Not A Gift: It's The Codification Of Common Law Liability Principles | There are so many myths about Section 230 that seem to need debunking. There’s the myth that it requires platforms to be neutral. There’s the myth that if you moderate too much you “lose” your status as a “platform.” There’s the myth that S... |
| Jul 16, 2019 | Section 230 Is Not Exceptional, It Is Not Unique, It Is Not A Gift: It's The Codification Of Common Law Liability Principles | There are so many myths about Section 230 that seem to need debunking. There's the myth that it requires platforms to be neutral. There's the myth that if you moderate too much you "lose" your status as a "platform.... |
| Jun 25, 2019 | How CMI's Multidisciplinary Education Can Help Policymakers Address 5G Spectrum Challenges | While the notion of 5G, fifth generation mobile standard, may be relatively new, debates about how to allocate the radio spectrum are not. Former Federal Communication Commission Chief Economist Thomas Hazlett’s The Political Spectrum: The ... |
| Jan 19, 2019 | Welcome to the abnormalization of transportation | Bill Goodwin Contributor
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Something odd is in motion in Los Angeles. On a recent day at the office, coll... |
| Jan 18, 2019 | Drones delivering medical supplies and more can help save American lives | On July 17, 2015, a small drone traversed the mountainous terrain of Wise County, Va., and lowered a shipment of medications to a pop-up clinic offered by Remote Area Medical. This hexacopter, operated by Flirtey, an Australian company, was... |
| Jan 10, 2019 | Medicare for all is about trade-offs, not rights and privileges | Is health care a right or a privilege? That question dominates our thinking about U.S. health policy and often shapes critical political choices. Unfortunately, it also prevents an honest discussion about the trade-offs in health coverage. ... |
| Oct 16, 2018 | Universal health care is more myth than reality. Medicare for all is a decent step toward it | Millions of Americans live with health care coverage that is either incredibly expensive or poor to nonexistent. It’s no surprise, then, that the push is on throughout the country for some form of universal health care, such as the Medicare... |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Economist Tyler Cowen launches a fellowship and grant program for moon shot ideas | Tyler Cowen, who I interviewed here, is a fascinating economist. Part pragmatist and part dreamer, he has been researching and writing about the future for a long time in books and his blog, Marginal Revolution. Now he and his university, G... |
| Aug 10, 2018 | The tale of two Medicares: Canadian and American | Medicare for all — or the idea that every American should have some form of public health insurance — continues to forge its way into political debates. With such momentum, however, can come fearmongering and obstructionism. History and dat... |
| Apr 26, 2018 | Is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau the most powerful federal agency ever? That’s debatable | Reporting from Washington —
Rep. Jeb Hensarling welcomed the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a fellow Republican, to a hearing this month in the same way he did the former Democratic holder of the job — by accusing... |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Slowing Down Driverless Cars Would Be A Fatal Mistake | Unsubstantiated driverless car hype may be annoying, but that shouldn’t blind us to the real cost of unnecessarily delaying autonomous vehicle (AV) deployment. |
| Feb 21, 2018 | How can we remedy the shortage of health providers? | In a medical mecca like Boston, which is home to three medical schools and many world-class hospitals, you’d think that getting a timely appointment with a primary care physician or specialist would be a breeze. It isn’t. Finding a doctor i... |
| Jun 5, 2017 | Why is this modest Medicaid reform so controversial? | Reforms to Medicaid proposed in the Republican-led American Health Care Act have provoked a certain degree of hysteria. Politicians, interest groups, and lobbyists have launched epithets at them ranging from “unsustainable” and “damaging” a... |
| Jan 11, 2017 | 16 Education Podcasts to Check Out In 2017 | It’s a golden age of education podcasts. Teachers, professors, education innovators, and tech skeptics have switched on their microphones to share their insights and analysis—and you’ll find plenty of lively characters and fresh voices via ... |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Why are there so few women in fintech? | Two years ago, Miami hosted the annual North American Bitcoin Conference. And for local digital currency expert Carol van Cleef, the conference crystallized why so few women enter fintech.
During the day there were 1,600 people attending th... |
| Nov 10, 2016 | Hyperloop One releases “comprehensive concept design” for high-speed rail in Dubai | reader comments 49 with 33 posters participating
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| Aug 23, 2016 | A List of Female Technology Policy Experts | Update: That escalated quickly. This list started with 15 names of women with insight on a particular issue of law and technology policy. In just over 24 hours, we have over 230 names of a wide variety of experts and over 100 more not yet a... |
| Apr 19, 2016 | Optometrists Push For State Laws Blocking Online Eye Exams | Billing itself as a sort of Uber-for-eye-exams, telemedicine startup Opternative recently came on the scene offering a quick, inexpensive alternative to traditional optical exams that uses your computer and smartphone. Following a 25-minute... |
| Mar 31, 2016 | New Bill Designed To Stop Egregious Venue Shopping By Patent Trolls | Abusive patent litigation siphons tens of billions of dollars from the economy every year. In addition to burdening American entrepreneurs with lost revenues and great uncertainty, the scourge of frivolous lawsuits depletes funds that other... |
