

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet
Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
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.
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.
Commissioner Simington will then join former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth and a panel of leading experts in space technology and safety to discuss best practices in space sustainability and space traffic management.
Hudson Senior Fellow Harold Furchtgott-Roth discusses the recent FTC proposal to ban non-compete clauses in employment contracts with Maureen K. Ohlhausen, partner and section chair of antitrust and competition law at Baker Botts.
The current money regime in the United States and abroad has led to a squandered economic miracle, a global financial crisis, a decade of increasingly severe economic sclerosis, and now the Great Pandemic Inflation that has culminated in the present Great Disinflation.
Please join Hudson Institute Center for the Economics of the Internet Senior Fellow Harold Furchtgott-Roth for a conversation with Noah Phillips, a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, on the regulation of technology and technology companies at the FTC.
For decades, the Federal Trade Commission could, under its interpretation of Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Act, go to court and obtain a court or
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Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellows Bryan Clark, Robert M. McDowell, and Harold Furchtgott-Roth in a discussion about how the federal government bala
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Hudson Institute will host a presentation by Anne Coughlan, Polk Bros. Chair in Retailing and Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University.
Experts discuss India's 5G revolution
Casey B. Mulligan and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss the federal regulatory process
Commissioner O'Reilly and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss the USF
Philip Hamburger and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss section 501(c)(3)
Jonathan Baker and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss antitrust laws
Commissioner Noah Phillips and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss federal antitrust laws
David Redl and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss telecommunications
Experts discuss 5G
Experts discuss regulating the technology sector
Experts discuss 5G
Ajit Pai, Thomas E. Cremins, and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss the FCC's role in space
Commissioner Brendan Carr and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss telemedicine
Richard Wiley and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss the FCC.
Thomas J. Duesterberg, Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Shane Tews, and Carolyn Bartholomew discuss U.S. competitiveness in wireless technology.
Harold Furchtgott-Roth and Roslyn Layton discuss regulatory modernization in the FCC.
Michael O'Reilly and Harold Furchtgott-Roth will discuss U.S. communications policy.
Daniel Berninger and Harold Furchtgott-Roth will discuss FCC authority over the Internet.
Thomas Hazlett and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss spectrum policy and the impact of government regulation on economic growth and innovation
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss infrastructure improvement and rural broadband access
Ron Cass and Harold Furchtgott-Roth on judicial review, nondelegation doctrine, the expansive federal bureaucracy, and restoring Constitutional powers
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai joins Harold Furchtgott-Roth for a speech on the role of economic analysis at the FCC.
Lawrence Strickling joins Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Fred Campbell, Paige Atkins and Jon Wilkins to discuss 5G wireless broadband and spectrum management
FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss the future of federal regulation of the communications industry.
Randy Barnett and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss modern legal issues and Barnett's new book, Our Republican Constitution.
Jeffrey Herbst joins Harold Furchtgott-Roth for a discussion on protecting free speech while promoting civility in Internet communications.
Former FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss independent agencies and solutions for promoting economic analysis.
Nadine Strossen and David Rivkin debate the proper limits and obligations on governments and businesses in conducting surveillance.
Noted technology entrepreneur Alan Dabbiere joins Harold Furchtgott-Roth to discuss American leadership in software innovation.
Thomas Hazlett and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discusses wireless regulation, innovation, and Hazlett's forthcoming book The Political Spectrum.
Paul Beaudry and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss Canada’s attempts to promote wireless competition through exclusionary spectrum auction rules.
Senator Deb Fischer joins Harold Furchtgott-Roth for a discussion on Internet regulation and the FCC.
Kathy Brown, president of the Internet Society, and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss the future of Internet governance and security.
J. Gregory Sidak joins Harold Furchtgott-Roth for a conversation on current state of SEP regulation.
Howard Symons and Harold Furchtgott-Roth discuss the status of the FCC's spectrum incentive auction.
Later this month, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to adopt new rules classifying broadband as a telecommunications service, commonl
Two major drivers have transformed the network economy: mobile connectivity and big data. Digital communication technology has connected markets, all
Professor Tom Hazlett of Clemson University joins Harold Furchtgott-Roth to discuss the potential impact of FCC network neutrality regulation.
Hudson Institute hosted a seminar with Harold Furchtgott-Roth and Jeffrey Li on the value of the Internet and information sector to the US economy.
Adam Mossoff of the George Mason Law School discussed the relevance of patents and other intellectual property rights with regard to the Internet.
President and CEO of ICANN, Fadi Chehadé, Lawrence Strickling of NTIA, Robert M. McDowell, and Daniel A. Sepulveda discussed the ICANN transition.
In "least developed countries" (LDCs), the growth of telecommunications is rooted primarily in mobile, rather than wired, technology. Mobile networks
Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites on the Internet and has a large following of users who rely on its information. But the question remains
The federal government is the primary consumer of much of the available radio spectrum. The Obama Administration, through the Department of Commerce
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In 2010, the Federal Communications Commission promulgated regulations titled "Preserving the Open Internet," which
Former Commissioner and new Hudson Visiting Fellow Robert McDowell's tenure at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was marked by his effort to
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Usage-based pricing has rapidly become one of the most controversial topics in Internet policy. Many broadband providers have been migrating from all-
Many citizens seem to believe that Congress and state legislatures are corrupt; certainly both are held in low esteem.
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