Bringing NEPA Back to Basics
If we are to address the challenges of our time, whether they be climate change or the emergence of strategic adversaries, we must not let NEPA keep one hand tied behind our backs.
Research
The Long-Run Effects of Temporary Protection from Deportation
Harris and Jerch find that temporary legalization under TPS created significant economic benefits for eligible recipients.
What are the Effects of Utah Income Tax Rate Cuts?
1. Introduction With state budget surpluses and record high state reserve account balances, Utah lawmakers are considering policy reforms for the 2023 legislative session that continue to support the state’s growth while leaving some reserves available for potential economic downturn in the future. For the third time since 2018, a cut in the Utah individual […]
What are the Effects of Missouri Corporate Income Tax Rate Cuts?
Missouri lawmakers are considering reforms that support the state’s growth while leaving reserves available for potential economic downturn.
Does High Market Concentration Contribute to Inflation?
Inflation is a top policy concern for Americans. Economist George Ford examines whether market concentration contributed to recent inflation.
Public Interest Comment for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on the Intersection of Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration asks a series of crucial questions in this proceeding. It seeks to understand how commercial data collection and use, especially through artificial intelligence (AI) methods, might adversely affect underserved or marginalized communities through disparate impacts. Importantly, it wants to understand how “specific data collection and use practices potentially create […]
Should Congress Extend the Moratorium on Regulating Human Spaceflight?
Should Congress should let the moratorium expire? No, original spaceflight projections were too ambitious.
Taking Politics Out of Refugee Policy: Improving US Resettlement for Those Most in Need
The US can both match and exceed other countries in refugee resettlement by changing the way refugees are admitted and resettled.
CGO Tech Poll
In this poll, we continue to unpack how Americans view today’s major tech platforms, free speech, teens and social media, and more.
Flexible open credentials: How micro and nanocredentials can revolutionize higher education
Online learning changed higher education and untapped potential to improve how we assess and credential students.
Moderating (Mis)information
Combating misinformation in social media is a topic of debate. Policies for moderation can be effective and socially beneficial.
Does Free Information Provision Crowd Out Costly Information Acquisition? It’s a Matter of Timing
The promise of ‘free’ information in the future is an incentive for ‘buying’ more information in the present.
Improving the FDA: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Rapid Tests
The FDA has a history of delaying decisions, especially when it comes to at-home diagnostic tests. Delays during COVID-19 had real costs.
CGO Amicus Curiae Brief Filed in Gonzalez v. Google LLC
The Supreme Court is hearing two cases that will determine the future of free expression on the internet: Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter vs. Taamaneh. A robust marketplace of ideas and a driver of American economic growth and innovation are at risk if the Court finds against Google.
What Should Policymakers Do about Social Media and Minors?
Calls for stricter regulations on social media and minors are coming at policymakers from all angles. The safety of our children is a topic of society-wide importance. However, getting these policies right is at least as important as getting them passed in the here and now.
What Business Tax Reforms Would Be Best for Tennessee?
Most state budget surpluses, tax revenues, and rainy day funds are currently at 20-year highs. What should legislators do with these funds?
The Impact of Wildfires on Internal Migration in the United States
Fighting and recovering from wildfires is expensive. And with more wildfires, increasing amounts of taxpayer funds are directed to at-risk communities in order to mitigate and fight fires. This paper finds that following the first occurrence of a wildfire, communities experience increases in net migration, home values, annual payroll, and a slight decrease in the low-income population.
The Slow Adjustment in Tech Labor: Why Do High-Paying Tech Jobs Go Unfilled?
Introduction The technology industry in the United States has faced a challenge in recruiting talent. Though wages are above average, there are many unfilled jobs. In 2019, over 7.5 million positions were vacant, and the tech sector made up roughly 918,000 of those job openings. In 2020 the median income of computer occupations was $91,350, […]
Public Interest Comment on the FTC Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) through this ANPRM is pursuing a topic of immense importance to the American public and economy.
Do Claims of App Store Monopoly Power Have Merit?
A bill to regulate the biggest app stores, Google Play and Apple, is waiting on the Senate Calendar, with one introduced in the House.
The Decentralized Web and the Future of Section 230
Section 230 created a space wherein platforms could build the viable businesses that have come to dominate the internet experience.
Disrupting the Narrative: Diving Deeper into Section 230 Political Discourse
We examine how Section 230 allows platforms to moderate content concerning health misinformation, hate speech, and child abuse materials.
Assuming Good Faith Online
At the core of debates around content moderation online is a tension between assuming users’ good faith while also combating users’ bad faith contributions.
Section 230: A Retrospective
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act governs the liability for online crimes among content creators, platforms, and services.
Is Common Carriage a Good Framework for Social Media Platforms?
Many proposals classify and regulate social media companies as “common carriers”. These laws may not be good for the media marketplace.
What Policies Promote Abundance?
If Congress and other policymakers take the right steps in important areas, then abundance is within reach.
CGO Abundance Poll
The CGO polled 1,000 Americans to learn what they think about abundance, technology and innovation, and America’s prospects for the future.
Estimating the Impact of Critical-Habitat Designation on the Values of Developed and Undeveloped Parcels
When private land is designated as critical habitat for an endangered species, does that change the value of the land?
Crowdsourcing Conservation: How to use community science to advance public and private conservation
This policy paper examines conservation projects using crowdsourcing to determine if it is a useful tool for advancing conservation efforts.
Carbon Taxes without Tears?
This paper explores a modest but not insignificant opportunity to put a price on carbon that doesn’t raise consumer prices.