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EconoSTATS Contributing Editor Wayne Winegarden on Inside Sources

An Obscure Regulatory Reclassification Would Harm the Vibrant Broadband Industry | InsideSources Congress has never passed net neutrality regulations. Not to be dissuaded from promulgating such regulations anyway, the FCC has found a loophole. The FCC has proposed rules that would reclassify broadband services as telecommunications services (technically it would reclassify broadband Internet a…

EconoSTATS Contributing Editor Wayne Winegarden on Roll Call

Address Patent Flaws or Face the Economic Consequences | Commentary The U.S. became the world s largest economy, in part, because its policies supported innovation and entrepreneurship. From Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs, U.S. entrepreneurs invented many of the innovations that drove the 20th century global economy, with patents playing an indispensable role in this i…

Contributing Editor Wayne Winegarden on the Orlando Sentinel

Successful Medicare Part D safe — for now Medicare Part D — Medicare's program that helps seniors cover the costs of pharmaceutical drugs — has been an unqualified success. And, perhaps, the Obama administration finally has recognized this success.

EconoSTATS Contributing Editor Wayne Winegarden on Forbes

The Fallacies of Government-Run Broadband There is no doubt that an effective broadband infrastructure is essential for the 21st century U.S. economy. This is why the misinterpretations of a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report are so problematic. The policy recommendations that are being derived from these incorrect inter...