In this short piece, we posit that data stewards and digital fiduciaries, by enabling greater participation in data-related decisions, can nudge society towards greater social and economic equity. First, we locate data stewards and digital fiduciaries within the broader debate on new data...

What happens when everyday standalone devices and machines acquire network interfaces? The somewhat obvious result will be an unprecedented number of “things” connected to the Internet. It is less obvious what this means for the governance of the Internet when this occurs. With the...

This article describes a framework for determining the proper employment of industrial policy by the U.S. Government, focusing on the nascent information services industry. The article concludes that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should refrain from imposing carrier access charges...

With new ways of understanding markets come new ways of formulating and applying public policy solutions. This paper draws on two previous works by the author concerning “Emergence Economics” -- a unified treatment of various cutting-edge schools of economic theory -- and “Adaptive Policy...

If nothing else, the global financial disasters of 2008 demonstrate that there is no such thing as a “free market.” When equipped with the proper institutions and organizations, and generating mutual trust through transparency and accountability, markets can achieve tremendous material...

This paper introduces the rough formula for Emergence Economics - namely, that individual agents, acting through interconnected networks, engage in the evolutionary market processes of differentiating, selecting, and amplifying certain business plans and technologies, which in turn generates a...

The concept of information fiduciaries has received considerable attention in recent years, as one way to impose greater societal obligations on Web-based entities. This paper seeks to probe the information fiduciaries concept, as a useful entrée into a broader discussion of how to bring...

Open, timely, and relevant data is critical for strategic Internet development. By proposing a framework for collecting, standardizing, and reporting data on key Internet development metrics, we propose a model for a “Connectivity Report” that aims to bring together key stakeholders and...

One key area that continues to be problematic for entrepreneurial businesses that wish to serve the broadband market is the question of ensuring competition in multiple-dwelling units (MDUs) and private developments managed by a single landlord or entity. As is the case in Indonesia, many MDUs...