As the cost of storing, sharing, and analyzing data has decreased, economic activity has become increasingly digital. But while the effects of digital technology and improved digital communication have been explored in a variety of contexts, the impact on economic activity—from consumer and...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Avi Goldfarb, Shane M. Greenstein, and Catherine E. Tucker -- I - Internet Supply and Demand -- Chapter 1 - Modularity and the Evolution ofthe Internet / Timothy Simcoe -- Comment / Timothy F. Bresnahan -- Chapter 2 - What Are We Not Doing...

In 1945, Vannevar Bush, founder of Raytheon and one-time engineering dean at MIT, delivered a report to the president of the United States that argued for the importance of public support for science, and the importance of science for the future of the nation. The report, Science: The Endless...