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12
December 2012
Past Event
Internet "Governance"—A View from One of the Pioneers
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Stephen Crocker
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12
December 2012
Past Event
Internet "Governance"—A View from One of the Pioneers

First there was the Defense Department-funded Arpanet project connecting mainframe computers at four American universities in the late 1960s. And then

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Stephen Crocker
28
November 2012
Past Event
A Discussion with former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, Coauthor of The Politics of Abundance
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Reed Hundt
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28
November 2012
Past Event
A Discussion with former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, Coauthor of The Politics of Abundance

Reed Hundt, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is coauthor with Blair Levin of a new book, __The Politics of Abundance: How Tec

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Reed Hundt
16
October 2012
Past Event
The Federal Role in Privacy: Getting It Right
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Maureen Olhausen
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16
October 2012
Past Event
The Federal Role in Privacy: Getting It Right

The Internet has substantially expanded demand for privacy. In addition to long-standing privacy interests for financial records, medical records, edu

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Maureen Olhausen
18
July 2012
Past Event
The Costs of Political Corruption in America: A Discussion with Stanford's Bruce Owen
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Bruce Owen
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18
July 2012
Past Event
The Costs of Political Corruption in America: A Discussion with Stanford's Bruce Owen

Many citizens seem to believe that Congress and state legislatures are corrupt; certainly both are held in low esteem.

The Supreme Court's 2010 deci

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Bruce Owen
10
July 2012
Past Event
Federal Internet Policymaking: A Discussion with Daniel Weitzner
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Daniel Weitzner
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10
July 2012
Past Event
Federal Internet Policymaking: A Discussion with Daniel Weitzner

How is federal Internet policymaking similar to and different from more traditional approaches to regulatory policy?

Hudson Institute's Center for t

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Daniel Weitzner
19
June 2012
Past Event
How Competitive Is the Wireless Industry?
Featured Speakers:
Bryan Tramont
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
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19
June 2012
Past Event
How Competitive Is the Wireless Industry?

Over the past 20 years, large communications companies grew by leaps and bounds through mergers and acquisitions. Until last year, the Department of J

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Featured Speakers:
Bryan Tramont
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
15
May 2012
Past Event
Keeping Planes and iPhone Traffic in the Air at the Same Time
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Gregory L. Rosston
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15
May 2012
Past Event
Keeping Planes and iPhone Traffic in the Air at the Same Time

Harold Furchtgott-Roth, hosted a fireside chat with renowned economics and public policy expert Gregory L. Rosston.  This talk was about fe

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Gregory L. Rosston
11
April 2012
Past Event
Consumer Privacy in the Obama Administration: A Discussion with Lawrence E. Strickling
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Lawrence E. Strickling
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11
April 2012
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Consumer Privacy in the Obama Administration: A Discussion with Lawrence E. Strickling

The Obama Administration recently unveiled a "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights" as part of a comprehensive blueprint to improve consumers' privacy prot

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Lawrence E. Strickling
05
March 2012
Past Event
The Patriot Act and the Internet: Recent Developments
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
David B. Rivkin, Jr.
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05
March 2012
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The Patriot Act and the Internet: Recent Developments

Passed in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, the USA PATRIOT Act gave the agencies of the federal government greater flexibility

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
David B. Rivkin, Jr.
22
February 2012
Past Event
The Phantom of the Broadcast Spectrum Policy Opera
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Thomas Hazlett
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22
February 2012
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The Phantom of the Broadcast Spectrum Policy Opera

One of the most valuable swaths of underdeveloped spectrum is currently allocated for television broadcasting. The Federal Communications Commission (

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Thomas Hazlett
13
February 2012
Past Event
Recent Developments in Cyberwarfare
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Gen. James Cartwright
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13
February 2012
Past Event
Recent Developments in Cyberwarfare

Hudson Institute's Center on Economics of the Internet was pleased to host an address by Gen. James Cartwright (USMC, ret.), Harold Brown Chair in

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Gen. James Cartwright
01
February 2012
Past Event
Another Storm Brewing Over Potential UN Regulation of the Internet
Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Ambassador David Gross
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01
February 2012
Past Event
Another Storm Brewing Over Potential UN Regulation of the Internet

Hudson Institute's Center on Economics of the Internet hosted an address on UN internet regulation by Ambassador David Gross.

Ambassador Gross i

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Featured Speakers:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Ambassador David Gross