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Workforce development and broadband spending

How should success be measured in state-led efforts to provide rural broadband? Will Rinehart discusses with the Cato Daily Podcast.

Endangered Species Act and Conservation

Megan Jenkins, joins the Political Perspectives podcast hosted by Ryan Smith to discuss conservation and the Endangered Species Act.

Americans’ attitudes toward tech and media

Senior Research Fellow, Will Rinehart, talks to C-SPAN's Washington Journal and callers about our latest tech poll.

Lowman Henry with Josh Smith on Funding Immigration

Josh T. Smith joins Lowman Henry on American Radio Journal to discuss a recent op-ed in The Hill on selling immigration visas

Selling immigration visas to cover costs

Research Manager, Josh T. Smith, joins The Lars Larson Show to discuss his recent op-ed in The Hill on selling immigration visas.

Josh Smith on payments for immigrants

Josh Smith joins Freedom Works Radio to discuss his op-ed in The Hill on selling immigrant visas to cover the effects of globalization.

A policy lesson from Elon Musk

Eli Dourado joins Caleb O. Brown of the Cato Institute to detail a lesson for policymakers from a manufacturing titan.

Call for papers: What explains opposition to open immigration systems?

We invite research proposals that explore potential explanations for the opposition to immigration policy. Learn more here.

A better plan than giving $450,000 to each separated immigrant

In an op-ed for The Hill, Josh T. Smith plots a way forward for helping both separated immigrants and the U.S.

California’s regulations are hindering insurance-provided wildfire protections

California homeowners face the highest wildfire risk in our country’s history. What can be done to address the issue?

William Rinehart Joins Todd Feinburg

Will Rinehart joins Todd Feinburg to discuss the congressional testimony from Facebook insider and what it means for the company.

What can Florida learn from Arizona on immigration laws?

In an op-ed for the Orlando Sentinel, Josh T. Smith shows that Florida's hardline approach to immigration policy may actually backfire.

What does the whistleblowers testimony tell us about Facebook?

Will Rinehart joins The Lars Larson show to discuss a congressional testimony from the Facebook insider and what it means for the company.

Why States Should Allow Psychologists to Prescribe Medication

Five states have made it possible for psychologists to prescribe medication. What has been the affect on suicide in these states?

Federal Testimony: Additional solutions to help decarbonize the American economy

CGO Senior Research Fellow Eli Dourado testifies before the Joint Economic Congressional Committee regarding innovative decarbonization.

Utah can be a national leader on licensing reform

Utah Governor Spencer Cox ordered a review of the state’s occupational licensing laws. What does that mean? How can it help Utah consumers?

Exformation – A Look Back In Time

Tune in to this week's Exformation episode where Will and Caden discuss their favorite moments and add new insights to the discussion.

Exformation – Regulatory Sandboxes

As innovative entrepreneurs push products and services beyond imagination to benefit consumers, regulations tend to fall behind.

Exformation – What Happened to All the Chips?

Will and Caden dig into the science and economics behind the chip shortage that’s stalling out the production of entire industries.

Let in the Afghans who aided the US military

President Biden announced that the withdrawal of all American military will be completed by Aug. 31. But what about our Afghan allies?

Exformation – The Broadband Experiment in the Infrastructure Bill

Will and Caden discuss the Broadband funding provisions detailed in the historic trillion infrastructure bill that passed the Senate.

Exformation – States experiment in privacy law

Will and Caden work through the state of data privacy in the U.S. and the implications of state-based laws on business owners.

We Need to Build Our Way Out of This Mess

What would it take to become a nation that builds? In an guest essay for The New York Times, senior reseach fellow Eli Dourado explains.

Exformation – The Antitrust Movement with Aurelien Portuese

Will and Caden invite Aurelien Portuese from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation to discuss the antitrust movement.

Tech_States: 2021

Will Rineheart, Eli Dourado, Christopher Koopman, Mia Love, Parker Jeppesen, and Josh Smith are hosts, with five guest speakers.

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

Senior Research Fellow, Eli Dourado joins the Charter Cities Podcast to give an outline of how we can increase productivity.

Why Capitalists in Space Are Good for Americans’ Future

Nothing quite exposes differing views on innovation than billionaires launching their own rockets into space.

Exformation – Killer Acquisitions and Big Tech

Will and Caden discuss President Biden’s recent executive order on competition and the research on killer acquisitions.

Policy, TFP, and airships

Eli Dourado joins Benjamin Reinhardt on the Idea Machines podcast to discuss how the sausage of technology policy is made.

Call for Papers: Ensuring a Reliable, Affordable, and Equitable Clean Energy Transition

The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University invites submissions to its working paper series that explore the economic impacts and opportunities created by the ongoing clean energy transition in the United States. There is a growing need for research that not only examines the effects of clean-energy policy on the reliability and […]