Internet
Different business models have evolved for providing information on the Internet, including search engines, which make money from advertising; subscription web sites; and free web sites which drive off-line sales. Scholars examine the evolution of this marketplace and its implications for content providers and businesses.
Internet Scholars
Austan Goolsbee
Colleges / Universities: University of Chicago
Barbara van Schewick
Colleges / Universities: Stanford University
Catherine Tucker
Colleges / Universities: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Recent Internet Blog Posts
Recent Internet Academic Article Summaries
Quotes in the News

Bloom, N. (2022, September 6). Time. https://time.com/charter/6211250/hybrid-work-nicholas-bloom/“But the biggest challenge—and maybe the one unexpected bit—is how much employees have got comfortable with choice of days in the office and like to flip that around each week, for whatever reason, childcare reasons, work, personal reasons, etc. ”
Nicholas Bloom
William Eberle Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Stanford University

Bloom, N. (2022, September 4). CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-return-office-wfh-fall-pandemic-1.6570575“Canada has, like the U.S., a highly developed economy with a high number of professional jobs that can [be] done remotely, a highly educated workforce and many people living a long commute from work.”
Nicholas Bloom
William Eberle Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Stanford University

Goldman, E. (2022, August 30). CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/30/california-passes-bill-aimed-at-making-the-internet-safer-for-kids.html“The bill's [California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AB 2273)] requirements that platforms seek to assess users’ ages to offer them appropriate content, while well intentioned, could be overly intrusive and undermine efforts to provide these users more privacy.”
Eric Goldman
Co-Director, Santa Clara High Tech Law Institute
Professor of Law
School of Law
Santa Clara University

Bloom, N. (2022, August 29). Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/workers-face-pressure-top-companies-push-post-labor-day-return-office-1737064“Longer-run WFH will grow as the technology supporting this continues to improve, with innovations around virtual reality, holograms, video and sound, and cloud.”
Nicholas Bloom
William Eberle Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Stanford University

Goldman, E. (2022, August 18). Capitol Weekly. https://capitolweekly.net/the-plan-to-blow-up-the-internet-ostensibly-to-protect-kids-online/“The AADC requires businesses to adopt protective practices for children. On the surface, this sounds pretty good. However, to achieve this outcome, businesses must know which users are kids. This would require businesses to authenticate all of their users’ ages — and that is bad news for everyone.”
Eric Goldman
Co-Director, Santa Clara High Tech Law Institute
Professor of Law
School of Law
Santa Clara University