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1 month ago | 
aei.org | With William Haun |Yuval Levin |William Haun |L. Lynne Kiesling
While Americans have long debated religion’s role in politics, the past several decades have witnessed the channeling of religious impulses into temporal political projects. This misdirection stems from a misunderstanding of the distinctive roles that religious and political institutions play in American life. That misunderstanding in turn has deepened public distrust and dysfunction in both religion and politics.
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2 months ago | 
aei.org | L. Lynne Kiesling |Daniel Lyons
Innovating Future Power Systems: From Vision to Action The United States should strive toward an energy system with fewer barriers to innovation and more opportunities for consumers to access affordable and dependable power systems, decide how and when they consume (and produce) the electricity they want and need, and invest in the solutions that bring them the greatest value.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
aei.org | L. Lynne Kiesling
2025 is already shaping up to be a year of change for many reasons related to the economics and technology of energy. Between the uncertainty arising from a political change in presidential administration and the dynamics of technological change in the economy, the only prediction I’d hazard is that change will happen. Some of these changes have been simmering for some time, while others will emerge. Okay, throat-clearing beginning-of-year platitudes out of the way.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
aei.org | L. Lynne Kiesling
In the past couple of weeks I’ve read two things I want to recommend that are actually deeply related. The first is Brian Potter’s excellent history of technology analysis of the evolution of the lithium ion battery. Brian’s Construction Physics newsletter is a consistently excellent treasure trove of analysis, from his series on the history of the electricity industry (Part I)(Part II)(Part III)(Part IV) to his retrospective on Bell Labs.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
aei.org | L. Lynne Kiesling
Every fall since 2020 I have been teaching energy economics in Northwestern University’s Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability (MSES) program.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
laweconcenter.org | Eric Fruits |Kristian Stout |Shivanghi Sukumar |L. Lynne Kiesling
TL;DR TL;DRBackground: Internet use has soared in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic. Average monthly data usage grew 70% from 344 GB in 2019 to 586 GB in 2022. While only 16% of subscribers were on 200+ Mbps speed tiers in 2019, by 2023, 74% had such speeds, and a third of subscribers had speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
aei.org | L. Lynne Kiesling
26 years ago, Virginia Postrel published The Future and Its Enemies, which I still consider one of the most insightful books of our time. The book’s subtitle, The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress, has become even more relevant since 1998. Virginia gave a presentation on the ideas in her book at the Progress Conference in Berkeley last weekend, which I attended and spoke at.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
laweconcenter.org | Daniel Gilman |Geoffrey Manne |Shivanghi Sukumar |L. Lynne Kiesling
Amicus Brief STATEMENT OF INTERESTThe International Center for Law & Economics (“ICLE”) is a nonprofit, non-partisan global research and policy center aimed at building the intellectual foundations for sensible, economically grounded policy. ICLE promotes the use of law and economics methodologies and economic learning to inform policy debates and has longstanding expertise evaluating antitrust law and policy.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
aei.org | L. Lynne Kiesling
Today I’m traveling to the 2024 Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics Workshop for Regulators. The 2024 IRLE Workshop marks not only the 18th annual gathering of regulators and scholars, but also the 20th anniversary of IRLE’s founding. Over the past two decades, this workshop has evolved into a valued educational and translational research resource for regulators navigating the complex interplay of technological, economic, and policy changes that define today’s energy landscape.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
aei.org | L. Lynne Kiesling
Among those who believe that technological change has stagnated, there are two broad categories. One social/institutional theory of stagnation, often associated with Peter Thiel, claims that the world has entered a period of technological stagnation due to avoidable social and institutional factors. Thiel and others in this camp argue that societies have chosen safety, regulation, and risk avoidance over the potential rewards of groundbreaking innovations.
