Winning the silicon sweepstakes: can the United States compete in global telecommunications?

Abstract

The law of unintended results -- Feast and famine in the information age -- How the United States lost its digital advantage -- Case studies in wrongheaded policymaking -- Best and worst practices -- Understanding the Dotcom implosion -- The fundamentals of digital literacy -- Challenges and choices -- The impact of technological and market convergence -- Capturing the benefits of convergence -- What government should do -- Unresolved issues -- The way forward