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Scott J. Wallsten

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Economist studying telecom, regulation, tech, & anything interesting. Formerly younger.
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The FCC's Best USF Reform is the One that Already Happened

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By Gregory Rosston, Scott J. Wallsten
| Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has called for a “top-to-bottom” review of the Universal Service Fund. His best defensive move is to preserve a rare USF success that happened 15 years ago and has quietly reduced the real burden of High Cost support. His more ambitious task is to confront the political economy that blocks structural reform and leaves rural customers dependent on permanently subsidized providers.
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AI Made My Expertise More Effective

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By Scott J. Wallsten
| The Wall Street Journal
I’m not a programmer but I created an application by asking the right questions and letting a chatbot code. Journal Editorial Report: Pope Leo XIV's concerns are right. His solution isn't. Photo: Kacper Pempel/Reuters I recently built a retirement-planning app. Today’s artificial-intelligence coding assistants allow a single person to build software that used to require a team. I’m an economist, not a programmer. I knew what questions to ask, and the AI handled the coding.
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The FCC’s Industrial Policy Turn

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By Scott J. Wallsten
| Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Like many, I’ve had frustrating experiences with offshore call centers, repeating my account number to someone reading from a script who cannot solve my problem.
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