Competition & Free Market

The importance of market competition in the race for a global advantage in innovation is vital to growth as a nation. Policies that protect self-rule, free-entry and free-scope enable businesses and the economy to compete successfully to spur progress in public and private institutions.

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CBRS is a spectrum innovation worth defending

by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 8, 2025 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Telecommunications

Citizens Broadband Radio Service, or CBRS for short, sounds like another buzzy acronym from Washington, but don’t be fooled. The CBRS is one of the most successful free market, principled telecom policies of which you’ve never heard. It’s a prime...

CLELAND: The Biden Admin’s Latest Micromanagement Project? Your Online Subscriptions

by Bartlett Cleland | Jan 17, 2024 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Privacy

The Federal Trade Commission is fast becoming a living case study in ideological overreach. Undaunted by a string of embarrassing court losses and plummeting morale among career staffers, the agency keeps grasping at the most slender reeds of legal theories and...