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WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hudson Institute is pleased to announce that Commissioner Robert M. McDowell will become a Visiting Fellow at the Hudson Institute when he leaves the Federal Communications Commission later this week. McDowell has served with distinction at the Federal Communications Commission since 2006. He will be affiliated with the Center for the Economics of the Internet at the Hudson Institute, directed by Senior Fellow Harold...
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America's telecommunications infrastructure relies on many technologies, from analog voice communications over circuit switches to packets of information carried by Internet protocol. One day, all communications will likely be carried by Internet protocol. The issues are: when the transition will occur, and what the legal framework for telecommunications will be during that transition. To address these issues, Hudson's Center for...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, December 6(th) at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, Hudson Institute will confer its 2012 Herman Kahn Award on former Vice President Dick Cheney in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to the United States and its government. Cheney will be introduced and formally presented with the Kahn Award by his former chief of staff and former national security advisor, Hudson Senior Vice President Lewis Libby. Vice...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Data from the U.S. Department of Commerce indicates a continued and accelerating collapse of startup job creation in recent years. A new economic policy briefing paper from Hudson Institute, The Collapse of Startups in Job Creation, takes a close look at this troubling trend and concludes that entrepreneurship in the United States is in a parlous state. Hudson Chief Economist Tim Kane, author of the new study, reports that job...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Top economics bloggers remain downbeat on the U.S. economy, according to the latest quarterly survey conducted by Dr. Tim Kane at Hudson Institute. Three-quarters of 48 ideologically-diverse economics bloggers described the U.S. economy as "mixed," and most of the remainder think it is "facing recession." Six in ten econ bloggers believe the federal government is too involved in the economy, while three in ten think it is about...
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hudson Institute, the future-oriented policy research organization based in Washington, is proud to announce that former Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani has rejoined Hudson Institute as a Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia. "My colleagues and I are thrilled that Ambassador Haqqani is back at Hudson. He is a brilliant geostrategic analyst and student of Islam, as well as a leading voice for religious...
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the face of looming deficit spending battles in Congress, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) will highlight in a Hudson Institute address on Tuesday, July 17, how excessive debt, spending, and overregulation in Washington are impeding economic growth; and how pro-growth tax reform--combined with a long-term plan to restore solvency to Social Security and Medicare--would cause our economy to take off. Senator Corker, based on his...
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the face of looming deficit spending battles in Congress, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) will highlight in a Hudson Institute address on Tuesday, July 17, how excessive debt, spending, and overregulation in Washington are impeding economic growth, and how pro-growth tax reform--combined with a long-term plan to restore solvency to Social Security and Medicare--would cause our economy to take off. Senator Corker, based on...
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hudson Institute Chief Economist Time Kane (http://www.hudson.org/kane) is available to comment on the employment numbers released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Kane says: "Today's employment report from the BLS confirms our worst fears: for the third summer in a row, recovery is elusive. Both big numbers are moving backwards--higher unemployment and sluggish payrolls. Only this time the weakness in job creation...
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, April 16, Hudson Institute, in conjunction with Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), will host a discussion on improving America's energy security. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and rising demand for energy in emerging markets pushed global oil prices in 2011 to their highest annual average in history. Given the near-total dependence of the transportation system on oil, what policies can the United...
