The federal government and Congress *could* do so much more, but it's unlikely to do so, because too many of its members have been captured by the financial industry. More
Government Net Giants Policy Tech & Society
Breaking Up (Companies) is Hard to Do–But It Can Happen
AT&T was broken up in the 80’s. That same year, a giant antitrust suit against IBM was dropped. But both companies broke into parts. The past can instruct the present. More
Slowly, Biden’s Fintech Approach Emerges
Although much remains opaque, the broad outlines of the Biden Administration’s regulatory handling of fintech are starting to come into view. More
Artificial Intelligence Community Insights Global Tech Government
The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act: A Pragmatic Approach
Europe is forging ahead with rational regulation of artificial intelligence. It will likely influence the entire world as much as did the GDPR on privacy. More
Business Government The Pandemic
Economist Joseph Stiglitz Cheers Biden Spending
The Nobel laureate weighs in on stimulus, growth and inequality. More
What to Expect from Gensler’s SEC: “Not Everyone Is Going to Be Happy”
Reports that President Biden will appoint former CFTC chairman Gary Gensler to head the SEC might seem destined to send panic waves through the financial community, but reality is a little more nuanced. More
Government Tech & Society The Pandemic
Techonomy’s Topic of the Year: The Digital Divide. We’ve Got to Fix It.
The pandemic threw the digital divide into stark relief. In these sessions, you'll hear from leading experts on the many consequences of unequal access to broadband and strategies we can employ to fix this scandal. More
Celebrating the Flawed Facebook Lawsuit
Despite many questions about the huge U.S. antitrust assault on Facebook, it will at least accomplish one thing: make the company less likely to continue heedlessly doing so many irresponsible things. More
Business Government Healthcare Techonomy Events The Pandemic
Health + Wealth of America—Day Three: On the Ground in Muskegon, Learning at Ericsson, and 1-800-FLOWERS’ Pandemic Journey
Day three of Health + Wealth of America kicked off with “Voices of American Resilience,” moderated by Esther Dyson, executive founder of The Way to Wellville, a nonprofit project devoted to defining and testing models for producing community health. More
Business Government Healthcare Techonomy Events
Health + Wealth Day Two: Summers, Case, Scaramucci, & Krawcheck
To kick off day two of Health + Wealth of America, Lawrence H. Summers, president emeritus of Harvard, was interviewed by Bob Diamond, CEO of Atlas Merchant Capital. “This will be a moment historians in 2200 points back to when they look at our era,” Summers said, suggesting 2020 could be remembered like 1914, 1940, 1929 or 1776 because of how much dramatic change this year has ushered in. More
Democracy Government Tech & Society
Tech+Democracy: Could Interference Upset the Upcoming Election?
“I am confident that we will have record turn out and our results will be accurate. What I am concerned about is well-funded, well-organized strategic efforts to deny that reality to the public to serve political agendas and partisan goals.” – Michigan Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson Never in memory have the mechanics of a […] More
Government Net Giants Opinion Policy
Historic hearing portends new era for Tech Titans
The government has awakened. No matter which mega-wealthy tech power broker you think did best at yesterday’s U.S. House Antitrust Subcommittee hearing, the central message to take away is that the era of disregard is over. More
Government Media & Marketing Tech & Society
How We Teens Used TikTok to Prank the Trump Rally
Teens on TikTok last week played a major prank on the Trump campaign in classic Gen-Z fashion. The goal was to fool the Trump campaign about how many people wanted to attend, so in the end, seats would be empty. Here's what happened. More
Government Healthcare Inclusion
We’re Rip Van Winkled–What Happens When We Wake?
The idea of sleeping through a defining moment of American history resonates. What will it look like when we walk out of this world-wide pause and find ourselves in a world transformed? More
Community Insights Democracy Government Resilience
Making Elections Resilient Against Pandemics
COVID-19 hits in an election year, which raises many questions about how we cope. We need modern voting tech to help democracy be more resilient, argues a former director of research at the NSA. More
The New Industrial-Military Complex
Business is ahead of government in creating new technologies that can serve as weapons. Employees at Google, Amazon and Microsoft are boldly -- and publicly -- opposing the strategies. More
Global Tech Government Opinion
Tech’s Challenge for the 20s: The Baby and the Bathwater
This decade we'll have to take stock of how far tech got off track in the last decade. Will we undermine all the good things tech can do in our efforts to stop its evils? Only a new partnership across society is likely to avoid that. More
Smart Cities Need Smart Mayors
Techonomy's CEO recently met with the mayors of two big U.S. cities to discuss how technology can help drive inclusive growth. Here are some takeaways from those conversations. More
U.S. Agriculture Agency’s Move is an Attack on Science
The USDA plans to relocate two major divisions to the Midwest--putting scientific research, and hundreds of jobs, at risk. More
Community Insights Government Net Giants
Congress Must Go Further to Rein In Big Tech
The unchecked power of tech giants works against society's interests. Congress has made a welcome start, but has much more to do to evaluate and regulate the real and potential harms these companies cause. More
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