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Next RoundBartlett Cleland – All Things Tech in Sacramento and WashingtonAs we conclude our look back at the 2024 legislative session, PRI senior fellow in tech and innovation Bartlett Cleland joins us for a look back at this year’s big tech debates on issues ranging from AI to how social media companies are disrupting traditional media outlets. We also explore how a Trump administration or Harris administration would approach tech policy over the next for years and look back at the Biden administration’s tech policy legacy. Plus, Tim and Ro discuss the platform libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver and how the strength of his candidacy might ultimately determine who wi...2024-09-1746 min
Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Costs of Protecting Teens Online (Audio: Podcast)Taking advantage of IPI Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland's presence in-studio, we discuss the problems with the state and federal legislative attempts to "protect children online" through age verification and other schemes. Hint: The problems are overwhelming and underappreciated. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.2024-02-1200 min
IPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: The Costs of Protecting Teens Online (Audio: Podcast)Taking advantage of IPI Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland's presence in-studio, we discuss the problems with the state and federal legislative attempts to "protect children online" through age verification and other schemes. Hint: The problems are overwhelming and underappreciated. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.2024-02-1200 minInstitute for Policy Innovation (IPI) PodcastCan States Deny Donald Trump Ballot Access? (Audio: Podcast)We discuss today's Supreme Court arguments on Colorado's case for denying Donald Trump ballot access, and agree with the apparent leanings of SCOTUS that Colorado's arguments are unsustainable. Nevertheless, it's a great opportunity to nerd-out on constitutional law and federalism. With IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, IPI Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland, and IPI President Tom Giovanetti.2024-02-0900 minNext RoundBartlett Cleland – Lates on Debates on TikTok, ChatGPT and PrivacyPRI Senior Fellow in Tech and Innovation Bartlett Cleland joins Next Round for a discussion on the hot debates in Washington and Sacramento on tech policy. Bartlett and Tim discuss what federal policymakers should do on TikTok and ChatGPT. They also explore the just-announced regulations to implement California’s upcoming privacy law and state legislation aimed at protecting minors online.2023-05-0254 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What Is Intellectual Property, Why Is it Important, and Why Is it Controversial? (Audio: Podcast)In recognition of World IP Day, the Institute for Policy Innovation, an accredited Non-Governmental Organization affiliated with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), discusses the importance of intellectual property protection. With IPI Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland and IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.2023-04-2400 minNext RoundBartlett Cleland – Current Contentions in Technology and InnovationA known thought leader, writer, and speaker on all issues of innovation, communications and technology, PRI Senior Fellow Bartlett Cleland has spent his entire public policy career in the technology and innovation space. Tim sat down with Bartlett at the State Policy Network Annual Meeting in Atlanta where they discuss tech and public policy.2022-09-2732 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Permissionless Innovation vs. the Precautionary Principle (Audio: Podcast)IPI Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland guides a discussion with IPI President Tom Giovanetti about the importance of permissionless innovation, and the problems with its opposite--the precautionary principle.2022-05-0600 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Is Antitrust the Right Solution to the Problem? (Audio: Podcast)IPI Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland talks through the right way to think about antitrust policy. When is a company "too big?" Are there benefits to scale? What's the consumer welfare standard, and isn't any alternative to the consumer welfare standard just arbitrary? With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.2021-12-1500 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Social Media Regulation, Section 230, and the First Amendment (Audio: Podcast)IPI Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland and IPI President Tom Giovanetti have an extensive conversation explaining the origins of Section 230, and the insurmountable First Amendment problems with states trying to compel social media platforms to host speech they don't want to host.2021-12-1000 min
Policy for the PeopleConservative Energy and Clean Tech Policy with Quill Robinson, Alex Fitzsimmons, and Charles HernickThe Rainey Center’s Bartlett Cleland discusses the state of conservative energy and clean tech policy with American Conservative Coalition’s Quill Robinson, Alex Fitzsimmons of ClearPath, and Charles Hernick of CRES.2021-11-0444 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: Supply Creates Its Own Demand (Audio: Podcast)A fundamental issue in economics, a law described by French economist Jean-Baptiste Say in 1803 asserts that production is necessary before any consumption can take place; therefore, production comes first, and is more important. Production creates economic growth, and demand essentially takes care of itself. This is in dramatic opposition to Keynesian economics, which posits that government should encourage consumption through borrowing and deficit spending, and that increasing demand will stimulate production. IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explain why Say's Law (and thus supply-side economics) is correct and why Keynesian, demand-side economics is wrong. And Senior...2021-10-2100 minPolicy for the PeopleThe Bottom Line on Grid ReliabilityThe extensive, reliable U.S. power grid has fueled the nation’s growth since the early 1900s; however, the grid we have today does not have the attributes necessary to meet the demands of the 21st century and beyond. It will take public and private partners to develop the concepts, tools, and technologies needed to measure, analyze, predict, protect, and control the grid of the future.Listen in on Bartlett Cleland’s discussion with Alan Snook co-founder, and President of GRID20/20, Inc. and Vincent Duane, a highly regarded leader in ISO/RTO (electricity transmission) operations in the U.S.2021-10-0747 min
Across the StatesALEC Brief Filing to SCOTUS: Donor Disclosure and the 1st AmendmentThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday, April 26th, for Americans for Prosperity v. Becerra - a case concerning donor disclosure and the First Amendment. ALEC submitted an amicus brief to the court concerning this case in early March, bringing to light what happens when donor privacy isn’t preserved—when ideological opponents harass and intimidate people and organizations because of the causes they support. Today the report authors, former FEC Chairman and attorney Lee Goodman, Director for the ALEC Task Force on Communications and Technology Jonathon Hauenschild and Counsel and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Bart...2021-04-2724 minIPI Policy Basics PodcastIPI Policy Basics: What Is Intellectual Property and Why Is it Important? (Audio: Podcast)In honor of World IP Day, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland discuss why intellectual property protection is important, and why IPI hosts annual World IP Day Policy Briefings.2021-04-2200 minAcross the StatesAdoption in the StatesGetting adoption right is imperative for policy makers everywhere – but it is especially important for state legislators. Felicia Curcuru is the co-founder and CEO of Binti, an organization dedicated to ensure every child is raised by a loving family. The ALEC General Counsel Bartlett Cleland was adopted and adds his own unique perspective on this issue. Learn more from: www.binti.com.Special Guest: Bartlett Cleland.Support Across the States2019-10-3009 min