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9 Policies for Addressing AI’s Energy Costs
It’s hard to watch a news broadcast or pick up a newspaper without hearing about rising electricity bills—and the forces behind the sticker shock that…
 • Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
A New Maritime Policy Agenda
Two papers published by the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator tackle domestic shipbuilding and the regulation of maritime shipping exchanges
 • Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
Complaints.gov: Missing Infrastructure in America's Consumer Protection and Corporate Accountability System
Like many people trying to start families, MK and her husband thought they did everything right.
 • Erie Meyer and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
The Broadband Construction Dig-lemma: Dig Once or Dig Over and Over?
They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
 • Asad Ramzanali, Benjamin Dinovelli, and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
Take-Down of the Take-Down: The Bankers are Wrong About Interest Rate Caps
Take Down Take Down Take Down Down Down Down
 • Brian Shearer and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
The Cases for Government Equity Stakes
Over the last few months, the second Trump administration has embarked upon a spree of deals taking equity stakes in private companies.
 • Joel Dodge and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
How Existing Laws Apply to AI Chatbots for Kids and Teens
Nearly three in four teens report using AI chatbots, and about one in three teen users of AI chatbot report feeling uncomfortable with something an AI…
 • Erie Meyer, Stephanie T. Nguyen, and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
Digital State Capacity After the Age of DOGE
What kind of digital state capacity does America need to build to ensure every American can access government services and benefits efficiently and…
 • Erie Meyer, Margaret Mullins, and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
Stadium Pricing is “Price Gouging”
Everyone knows that the food in stadiums and airports is overpriced.
 • Brian Shearer and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
Where Abundance, Economic Populism, and Russ Vought are in Loud Agreement
We Need to Address Regulatory Ossification
 • Brian Shearer and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
The Perils of Privatized Industrial Policy
Since retaking office this year, President Trump has ventured into new territory outside of the traditional modes of economic policymaking.
 • Joel Dodge and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
The Hook, the Hack, and the Hike: The Hidden Price of Rewards Programs and What This Reveals About the Future of Pricing
Loyalty programs are everywhere.
 • Stephanie T. Nguyen, Sam Levine, and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
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