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(Data Localization) How Barriers to Cross-Border Data Flows Are Spreading Globally, What They Cost, and How to Address Them (ITIF)

Nigel Cory  Luke Dascoli write for ITIF: Data-localization policies are spreading rapidly around the world. This measurably reduces trade, slows productivity, and increases prices for...

(USA) US Manufacturing Productivity Is Falling, and It’s Cause for Alarm (Industry Week)

Robert Atkinson writes for Industry Week: The U.S. economy has been in a productivity depression for more than a decade, suffering from a historically...

(USA) SCOTUS Interpretation of CFAA A Win for Collecting Data With Web Scraping (Center for Data Innovation)

Gillian Diebold writes for Center for Data Innovation: Web scraping—the use of automated tools to extract data from websites—helps businesses, researchers, and others quickly...

(USA) Fact of the Week: Applications for New U.S. Businesses Reached an All-Time High in 2020 and are Increasing Stably in 2021 (ITIF)

Luke Dascoli writes for  ITIF:  The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been a massive economic disruption to big and small businesses alike. Business closures and...

(USA) How Can U.S. Policymakers Support the Development of Quantum Computing? (Center for Data Innovation)

Center for Data Innovation writes: Quantum computers can harness the powers of quantum mechanics to transcend current computational boundaries and solve certain problems better,...

(USA) Removing Barriers to Accessibility on Federal Government Websites (ITIF)

ITIF writes: Many organizations fail to prioritize or even consider accessibility when designing their websites, which creates unnecessary obstacles for the over 40 million Americans...

(Artificial Intelligence) National Power After AI (CSET)

Matthew Daniels and Ben Chang write for CSET: AI technologies will likely alter great power competitions in foundational ways, changing both how nations create power...

(Europe/USA/China) The EU-US Tech Council shouldn’t just focus on China July 20, 2021 (Brookings)

Konstantinos Komaitis and Justin Sherman write for Brookings: President Joe Biden recently toured Europe with a simple message: “America is back.” Following the tumult of the...

(Cities) Building better cities for children: Coordinating within and across city agencies to harness the power of playful learning (Brookings)

Helen Shwe Hadani and Shwetha Parvathy write for Brookings: Today, more than half of the world’s children are growing up in cities. By 2030, up to 60...

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