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Blair Levin

Blair Levin is a fellow at the Aspen Institute and executive director of Gig.U, a coalition of research university communities working to accelerate the deployment of next-generation networks in the United States. He is a former chief of staff at the Federal Communications Commssion.
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Book Excerpt: The Politics of Abundance

In “The Politics of Abundance: How Technology Can Fix the Budget, Revive the American Dream and Establish Obama’s Legacy,” former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt and National Broadband Plan Director Blair Levin argue that an essential ingredient for improving the debt-to-GDP ratio, which is at the heart of the “fiscal cliff” debate, is economic growth, and technology can provide the necessary catalyst.

  • By Reed Hundt and Blair Levin