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David Moschella

@dmoschella
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Joined August 2008
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China's high tech success is much more about strategy than cheating itif.org/publications/2025/1…
The Bottom-Up Roots of China’s Hi-Tech Manufacturing Power

The Bottom-Up Roots of China’s Hi-Tech Manufacturing Power

China has closely followed the proven economic model of the Asian Tigers, only this time with an order of magnitude increase in scale. Acknowledging and addressing this simple business model reality...

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In 2001, US Federal Government spending was $1.8 trillion, or 17% of US GDP. In 2024, federal spending was $6.9 trillion, or 25% of GDP. If spending was still at 17%, we would have a federal budget surplus, not today's $1.8 trillion annual deficit.
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Raddatz: "The incidents were limited to a handful of apartment complexes... A handful." Vance: "Do you hear yourself? Only a HANDFUL of apartment complexes were taken over by Venezuelan gangs and Donald Trump is the problem??"
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With all the conflict in the UK and the government jailing people for social media posts, our chapter on why social media is not the cause of political polarization is all the more relevant. @pmarca @peterschwartz2 @RobertMMetcalfe @dscheinm @DrTechlash amazon.com/Technology-Fears-…
Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy

Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy

Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy

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These days technology is blamed for just about every societal ill. It's mostly nonsense. realclearpolicy.com/articles…
Don’t Blame Technology for Misinformation, Polarization, and Electoral Distrust

Don’t Blame Technology for Misinformation, Polarization, and Electoral Distrust

The roots of the word scapegoat go back to biblical times, when the sins of the people were ritually bestowed upon an actual goat, which was then sent away to remove these sins from the community. It&

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🔥 “Hot new release” on @Amazon: “Technology Fears and Scapegoats” by @RobAtkinsonITIF & @dmoschella debunks 40 widespread myths about Big Tech, Big Data, AI, privacy, automation & more. Order it now! amazon.com/Technology-Fears-…
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🔖 MUST READ: Technology & tech companies are accused of creating myriad societal problems. In a new book from @SpringerNature @Palgrave, @RobAtkinsonITIF & @dmoschella expose these charges as mostly myths, falsehoods & exaggerations. 🧵 1/10 itif.org/publications/2024/0…
Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy

Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy

Technologies and tech companies are accused of creating a myriad of societal problems. Technology Fears and Scapegoats exposes them as mostly myths, falsehoods, and exaggerations. It issues a clarion...

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The RCA, Xerox, IBM, AT&T and Microsoft antitrust cases helped foreign competitors more than U.S. consumers. It's a cautionary tale. realclearmarkets.com/article…
The Myth About Hi-Tech Antitrust 'Success'

The Myth About Hi-Tech Antitrust 'Success'

It’s nice to be able to keep your own score. Supporters of the recent antitrust cases against Google and Amazon like to stress America’s long history of successful technology ind

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The best baseball player is from Japan; last five NBA MVPs from Serbia, Greece and Cameroon; no U.S. male major tennis champ for 20 years; U.S. men haven't won the gold medal in hockey since 1980; last time U.S. men reached world cup soccer semis was 1930. What's gone wrong?
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America shouldn't let TikTok operate freely in the US until US social media companies can operate freely in China, which currently they cannot. It's more a matter of reciprocity than national security itif.org/publications/2023/0…
The TikTok Debate Should Start With Reciprocity; Everything Else Is Secondary

The TikTok Debate Should Start With Reciprocity; Everything Else Is Secondary

Defending Digital Series, No. 16: The recent congressional hearing about TikTok was a missed opportunity to insist that U.S. and Chinese companies be treated equally in both nations.

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Societal distrust puts America's digital innovation ecosystem at risk. itif.org/publications/2023/0…
Digital Innovation Isn’t Undermining Societal Trust; It’s the Other Way Around

Digital Innovation Isn’t Undermining Societal Trust; It’s the Other Way Around

Defending Digital Series, No. 14: America’s declining societal trust will harm its innovation ecosystem, because the next phase of digital growth will require collective confidence in technologies...

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The tech industry needs to stop being a political punching bag itif.org/publications/2023/0…
Big Tech Needs to Better Defend Itself

Big Tech Needs to Better Defend Itself

Defending Digital Series, No. 13: Although many of today’s accusations against Big Tech are unfair, the technology industry should do more to protect itself. Pushing back against its critics, better...

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Given the events in Mar-a-Lago and Biden's and Trump's recent fiery speeches, does anyone still believe that it's social media that is polarizing america? itif.org/publications/2022/0…
Now Can We Stop Saying It’s Social Media That’s Polarizing America?

Now Can We Stop Saying It’s Social Media That’s Polarizing America?

Defending Digital Series, No. 9: The events at Mar-a-Lago and President Biden’s September 1 address to the nation demonstrate what has been clear all along. Compared to the many issues that divide...

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The myths and realities of high tech diversity itif.org/publications/2022/0…
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China is steadily wiping out German industry

China is steadily wiping out German industry

National strategy that defined Angela Merkel era has run its course

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Your data is not gold; it's not even yours itif.org/publications/2022/0…
Your Data Isn’t Gold; It’s Not Even Yours

Your Data Isn’t Gold; It’s Not Even Yours

Defending Digital Series, No. 4: Claims that Big Tech is making too much money off of “our data” are wrong in two fundamental ways: The data about most individuals isn’t worth very much—and when...

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Big Tech needs oversight in certain narrow areas, but sweeping antitrust interventions are a very bad idea itif.org/publications/2022/0…
Theory Aside, Antitrust Advocates Should Keep Their ‘Big Tech’ Ambitions Narrow

Theory Aside, Antitrust Advocates Should Keep Their ‘Big Tech’ Ambitions Narrow

Defending Digital Series, No. 3: Policymakers on both sides of the aisle are itching to curb the power of Big Tech. But the history of the digital technology business shows that targeted remedies are...

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Technology has created way more privacy than it has destroyed; We just need to keep it that way itif.org/publications/2022/0…
Technology Has Created Much More Privacy Than It Has Destroyed. Let’s Keep It That Way

Technology Has Created Much More Privacy Than It Has Destroyed. Let’s Keep It That Way

Defending Digital Series, No. 2: Policymakers are well aware of the privacy risks that come with modern digital technologies, but they largely ignore the many important ways that the Internet and...

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Mainstream Media spreads much more misinformation than Facebook does itif.org/publications/2022/0…
It’s Not Just Facebook—“Old Media” Spreads Misinformation, Too

It’s Not Just Facebook—“Old Media” Spreads Misinformation, Too

Defending Digital Series, No. 1: Policymakers who want to assign blame for societal misinformation (and regulate social media) need to examine both new and old media—conservative and liberal alike....

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