The AI Action Plan is like a treasure box of excellent ideas. Every time I reach inside, there's something new and exciting. Here are a few of the nuggets that really caught my attention for potential positive impact: 🧵

‼️ The White House AI Action Plan is here—and it's a major step forward for American innovation. ACI’s Director of Tech Policy Logan Kolas gets it: “Above all else, the optimistic tone reflects a cultural shift on AI policy. A little more than two years ago, many technology

TRUMP at AI Summit on preemption: “need a single federal standard, not 50 different states” "the most restrictive state will be the one that rules" can't do that, he says

The price of food at home (groceries) and food away from home (takeout, fast food, restaurants, etc.) used to go up at about the same rate, but since ~2010, eating out has gotten more expensive, much faster. I posit this has been a source of great angst for Americans.

The next free speech fight: European regulators aim for the Digital Services Act to shape social media content globally—including in the US. They're appointing "trusted flaggers" and nonprofits to flag "hate speech," "disinformation," and "negative effects on civil discourse."

One of the medical miracles of our time Cervical cancer is on the way to being ELIMINATED! How? A vaccine!

Read Rea Hederman Jr. The Buckeye Institute National Review nationalreview.com/2025/07/ohio-j…

also see my new City Journal oped: "Don’t Let Blue States Control Our AI Future" in which I show how lawmakers in CA, NY, IL & CO "are moving to dictate the evolution of the AI marketplace. Drawing from the Biden administration’s playbook—which blends DEI with European-style

Looking forward to serving as co-chair of the CPAAC. Here are some topics we may consider.

Is there really a labor market monopsony in the MNO market? Short answer: Probably not. A 🧵 on the latest Brattle Group report.

Inaccuracy in the jobs report has been rising because of a declining survey response rate and years-long lack of funding to modernize the methodology. How do I know that? A letter from earlier this year organized by William Beach . . . Donald Trump's appointee as BLS commissioner

Lina Khan deciding if you should be permitted to sell your startup or be forced to deliver additional shareholder value.

US manufacturing construction continues easing down as projects from the CHIPS Act & Inflation Reduction Act finish up—spending on new factories is now at the lowest level since late 2023

From Greg Ip "A dot-com-style bust looks far-fetched now. AI’s big spenders are mature and profitable companies, and the demand for computing power exceeds the supply. But if their revenue and profit assumptions prove too optimistic, their current pace of capital spending will

Counterpoint:

Good rundown on the what the economic research says about school phone bans. Key takeaway: it's a distraction from larger ongoing issues.

AI is everywhere but the jobs data.

Goldman's latest (still very early) analysis of tariff effects thru June 2025: -Foreign exporters absorbed 14% of US tariffs -US companies ate 64% -US consumers ate 22% -Protected US companies also raised prices -Consumers will see bigger price increases (70%) thru the Fall