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What does the whistleblowers testimony tell us about Facebook?

Why States Should Allow Psychologists to Prescribe Medication

Utah can be a national leader on licensing reform

Let in the Afghans who aided the US military

We Need to Build Our Way Out of This Mess

Charter Cities Podcast: Shaping a preferable economic future with Eli Dourado

Why Capitalists in Space Are Good for Americans’ Future
Nothing quite exposes differing views on innovation than billionaires launching their own rockets into space. As Blue Origin ascended, carrying Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, critics rose up against private space tourism efforts. They repeated all the same slogans as the week before when Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson took a trip. But the harshest critics […]

Policy, TFP, and airships
CGO Senior Fellow Eli Dourado joins Benjamin Reinhardt on the Idea Machines podcast to discuss how the sausage of technology policy is made, the relationship between total factor productivity and technological progress, airships, and more.

Utah A.G. Sean Reyes’ suit against Google Play makes no sense

What Would Breaking Up Big Tech Change?

Utah vs. Google

Reforming Occupational Licensing in Utah Webinar
In January of this year, Utah Governor Spencer Cox’s revealed his first executive order calling for state agencies to review all professional licensing requirements. Learn more on the process and reforms here. In June, we teamed up with the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis (MEIEQA) at the University of Utah to […]

Congress should fight bad policies, not kill platforms

How to Fix Occupational Licensing in Utah, with Dr. Ed Timmons

Mia Love’s New Role at USU – Inside Sources

“Did Biden reverse the TikTok ban because Trump did it?”

Social Media and Misinformation

The Communicators: Cancel culture and free speech

Invest Like the Best: Frontiers for Productivity

States May Cost Smartphone Users Privacy, Security

Bill Nelson’s Flawed Vision for NASA

How Immigrants Contribute to Utah’s Success

Lucas Rentschler on the Lars Larson Show
Director of the Experimental Economics Laboratory at Utah State University Lucas Rentschler joins host Lars Larson on his podcast to discuss the recent Congressional big tech hearings. TheLarsLarsonShow · Lucas Rentschler – What should we take away from yesterday’s Congressional hearing with big tech?

Eli Dourado on Village Global’s Venture Stories

Eli Dourado on the Narratives Podcast

A Cleaner Future for Energy on Federal Lands Webinar
One of the first things President Biden did when he assumed office was issue an executive order placing a moratorium on the sale of any new leases for oil and gas on federal land—at least until the Department of the Interior completes a review of climate impacts. What does that mean and how will it […]

Op-Ed: Why Merrick Garland needs to rethink the Google antitrust case

Rush of anti-gouging laws fueled COVID surge

COVID-19 and Cooperation: Why Openness Matters Webinar
Watch the recent webinar featuring special guest Charles Kenny who discusses his most recent book, The Plague Cycle, and why global cooperation during any public health crisis is essential. Charles is a senior fellow and the director of technology and development at the Center for Global Development. Last year, we saw countries close their borders […]