The movement to digital technology has been an evolutionary process that is now being felt throughout the economy and in individual lives. The policies developed for industrial capitalism are being stretched by internet/information capitalism. How do we come to grips with the new challenge?
Tom Wheeler served as the Chairman of the FCC from 2013 to 2017 under President Obama. For more than three decades, Wheeler has been involved with new telecommunications networks and services, experiencing the revolution in telecommunications as a policy expert, advocate, and businessman. As an entrepreneur, he started or helped start multiple companies offering cable, wireless, and video communications services. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at M-RCBG and also at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
This is a Business & Government seminar. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu