Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
I teach at George Mason's Schar School of Policy and Government, am a senior fellow at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and co-chair the Innovation Policy Forum at the National Academies.
Biden’s budget: Why investing in innovation is crucial to reach US climate goals
May 28, 2021 11:17 am UTC| Politics Economy
President Joe Bidens first detailed federal budget is slated to be released on May 28, and it will include substantial increases in spending to fight climate change. An overview sent to Congress included US$10 billion...
How a government-linked foundation could speed the spread of new clean-energy technologies
Oct 09, 2020 08:02 am UTC| Politics
To address climate change over the coming decades, all nations will need to transition to energy resources that emit less carbon. This transformation, already underway, will require many new technologies. The United...
Why a measured transition to electric vehicles would benefit the US
Nov 27, 2019 12:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Climate plans are the order of the day in the presidential primary campaign because carbon pollution is a global threat of unique proportions. But its worth asking whether candidates plans are based in the reality of the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects