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On the Same Wavelength?

1:00:00March 4, 2022

As Americans and Canadians roam the world our devices keep us connected using signals that travel at specific frequencies. Governments allocate frequencies for radio, television, cell phones, and new devices add new demands for spectrum every day. How do US and Canadian approaches compare, and when it comes to broadband internet connections and 5G, how do we avoid mixed signals? In the episode, Scotty and Chris welcome economists Tom Hazlett at Clemson University and Jeff Church at the University of Calgary to Canusa Street to explain the political economy of connectivity and how businesses in Canada and the United States stay on the same wavelength.

Links to reports mentioned in the show:

cupdf.com/document/spectrum-po…-as-competition.html

www.jstor.org/stable/25593718?se…_info_tab_contents

www.wsj.com/articles/biden-broa…h-isles-11633552660

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Guests

 Jeffrey Church Headshot

Jeffrey Church

Undergraduate Director of the Department of Economics, University of Calgary
Thomas Hazlett Headshot

Thomas Hazlett

H.H. Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics

Moderators

Chris Sands

Christopher Sands

Director, Canada Institute
Maryscott Greenwood Profile Photo

Maryscott "Scotty" Greenwood

Chief Executive Officer, Canadian American Business Council

Canada Institute

The mission of the Wilson Center's Canada Institute is to raise the level of knowledge of Canada in the United States, particularly within the Washington, DC policy community.  Research projects, initiatives, podcasts, and publications cover contemporary Canada, US-Canadian relations, North American political economy, and Canada's global role as it intersects with US national interests.  Read more