Metaverse real estate sales surpassed $500 million last year, and nearly half of this amount came after Mark Zuckerberg’s October 2021 rebranding of Facebook to “Meta.” This year, the metaverse real estate market has continued to boom, with sales reaching
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Market power doesn’t cause inflation
Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison explains the country’s challenges with inflation, why scapegoating big business isn’t right and how government can help solve the program plaguing Americans. Read his take in this blog post from
Rural broadband remains scarce across north central Florida. Here’s what that means for people without it
Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison lends his expertise to this story about the challenges in providing broadband access to rural communities – specifically, the two major issues in government spending that attempted to curb the
Ethics in the Age of a Technological Revolution
Public Utility Research Center and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison joins UF alumna Palveshey Tariq on the Palveshow to discuss the ethics of the technological revolution the world finds itself in. Hear their conversation on YouTube.
Mark Jamison on antitrust laws and Big Tech
Mark Jamison, Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor, joins AEI’s Banter Podcast hosts Phoebe Keller and Robert Doar to delve into current antitrust debates and how they impact Big Tech and telecommunications platforms. Hear Jamison’s insights on antitrust
How can Congress act more constructively on antitrust?
Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Memorial Professor Mark Jamison hosted a panel discussion on how, if at all, Congress should change the way it handles antitrust issues — including through a number of bills put forward this year.
Taking the cryptic out of cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency is a mystery to many of us. In this episode of From Florida, Mark Jamison provides a straightforward explanation of cryptocurrency’s origins, how it works, why it’s attractive to some investors, what regulators are looking at and implications of
Two Think Minimum | Mark Jamison on regulatory humility and antitrust
Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison joined the Two Think Minimum podcast to discuss the Center’s work, regulation and antitrust. Hear what Jamison had to say on the Two Think Minimum podcast from the Technology Policy
FCC Commissioner to speak on expansion of 5G technologies at free UF event
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr will present at the University of Florida on October 6 about the national impact of 5G technologies as part of a speaker series from the Warrington College of Business Digital
No easy decisions to ensure a resilient power grid
While there are steps utilities can take to harden the grid, there still are circumstances when the power will go out — especially during climate-driven disasters like wildfires and tropical storms. Public Utility Research Center Director of Energy Studies Ted