James Erwin

James Erwin is the Director of Innovation Policy at Americans for Tax Reform. His writing has appeared in RealClear, The Hill, and National Review.

Jul 29, 2026

We Need Data Centers To Substantially Improve Our Living Standards

When I was in seventh grade, we took a field trip from our small southern Maine town to Lowell, Massachusetts to learn about the working conditions of early 19th Century textile...
Jul 16, 2026

FCC Spectrum Auctions Can Protect Free Speech, Including for The View

The Federal Communications Commission just concluded its first spectrum auction in more than four years. This is good for innovation and good for consumers, but Congress and the FCC...
May 8, 2026

Unable to Tax Local Tech, the EU Targets U.S. Giants

In two months, we will celebrate 250 years since the Founding Fathers declared our independence from European taxation. Today, European governments are levying digital services taxes...
Apr 3, 2026

Sen. Klobuchar's Antitrust Bill Undermines Rule of Law and Market Stability

In the wake of the Department of Justice’s antitrust settlement with LiveNation, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) has introduced a bill that would allow...
Jan 27, 2026

Shareholders, Not Bureaucrats, Should Decide the WBD Merger

“Stop the Netflix Cultural Takeover” So ran the headline of an op-ed posted to Truth Social by President Donald Trump on January 11. Netflix, the thinking goes,...