Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet

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At A Glance:

Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.

Biography

Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, where he founded the Center on the Economics of the Internet and helped cofound the Forum for Intellectual Property. He is an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School and president of Furchtgott-Roth Economic Enterprises, an economic consulting firm. He has cofounded various businesses in the communications sector.

Dr. Furchtgott-Roth is the only economist to have served on the Federal Communications Commission. Nominated by President Clinton, he was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. Previously, he was chief economist for the House Committee on Commerce, where he was one of the principal staff members on legislation that became the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He has testified several times to Congress and has served on federal advisory committees.

Widely recognized as an expert in economics and the communications industry, Dr. Furchtgott-Roth has consulted to scores of different businesses and served on various advisory boards over the past two decades. He is the author or coauthor of four books and many research publications. His hundreds of op-eds and columns have been widely published. He is a member of the Legal Policy Advisory Board for the Washington Legal Foundation.

Dr. Furchtgott-Roth received a PhD in economics from Stanford University and an SB in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

Events
17
January 2024
Past Event
National Defense Implications of the Federal Budget Challenge
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Brigadier General (US Army, Ret.) Mike Meese
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment execute platoon-level maneuver live fire exercises in the Grafenwoehr Training Area April 24-26, 2023. 2CR provides V Corps with a lethal and agile force capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater in order to assure allies, deter adversaries, and when ordered, defend the NATO alliance. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Orion Magnuson)
17
January 2024
Past Event
National Defense Implications of the Federal Budget Challenge
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment execute platoon-level maneuver live fire exercises in the Grafenwoehr Training Area April 24-26, 2023. 2CR provides V Corps with a lethal and agile force capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater in order to assure allies, deter adversaries, and when ordered, defend the NATO alliance. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Orion Magnuson)
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Brigadier General (US Army, Ret.) Mike Meese
13
December 2023
Past Event
Artificial Intelligence and Society: The Beautiful Promise and the Dystopian Threat
Featured Speakers:
Sanjay Goel
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
The Vizgard FortifAI software-based artificial intelligence engine for surveillance monitoring is displayed during the Dronex Epo at ExCel on September 26, 2023, in London, UK. (John Keeble via Getty Images)
13
December 2023
Past Event
Artificial Intelligence and Society: The Beautiful Promise and the Dystopian Threat
The Vizgard FortifAI software-based artificial intelligence engine for surveillance monitoring is displayed during the Dronex Epo at ExCel on September 26, 2023, in London, UK. (John Keeble via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Sanjay Goel
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
10
October 2023
Past Event
Spectrum Availability and American Security
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
James Andrew Lewis
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10
October 2023
Past Event
Spectrum Availability and American Security

Hudson’s Center for the Economics of the Internet welcomes James Andrew Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies to discuss his research in this area. A light lunch will be served.

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
James Andrew Lewis
19
June 2023
Past Event
Reforming America's Ailing Money Regime
Featured Speakers:
Brendan Brown
Alex J. Pollock
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
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19
June 2023
Past Event
Reforming America's Ailing Money Regime

This event will discuss the failed policy of 2-percent inflation, the restoration of a true monetary base, checks and balances on the Federal Reserve, free market interest rates, and other fundamental reforms to America’s ailing money regime.

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Featured Speakers:
Brendan Brown
Alex J. Pollock
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
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Caption
United States President Joe Biden speaks about artificial intelligence, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 21, 2023. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
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