By Thomas M. Lenard, Daniel B. Britton, The Progress and Freedom Foundation, August 2006

The digital revolution has changed the way we make goods and provide services, transforming virtually every industry and creating whole new categories of products and businesses — all at breathtaking speed. Simply keeping track of what is happening, let alone comprehending it, often seems an overwhelming task.

This Eighth Edition of The Digital Economy Fact Book is dedicated to providing a factual basis from which analysis of the digital economy can begin. It seeks to sort out the myths from the realities, the hyperbolic hopes from the sober projections.

The Digital Economy Fact Book is a must-have reference source for anyone interested in the changes happening in today's fast-moving economy.

In seven key sections, it presents the best available information on:

The Growth of the Internet
The Hardware Sector
The Communications Sector
Digital Media
Electronic Commerce
Threats to the Digital Economy
The Digital Economy

In each section, the authors present the best and most recent historical data, along with projections from the leading research firms, on topics like Broadband Adoption, Internet Video, Venture-Capital Investments in the IT Sector, Identity Theft, and the contribution of the IT Sector to Economic Growth.

This edition also includes a timeline of key events affecting the digital economy during 2005-2006.

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About The Progress & Freedom Foundation:

The Progress and Freedom Foundation is a market-oriented think tank that studies the digital revolution and its implications for public policy. Its mission is to educate policymakers, opinion leaders and the public about issues associated with technological change, based on a philosophy of limited government, free markets and individual sovereignty.

PFF's research combines academic analysis with a practical understanding of how public policy is actually made. Its senior fellows and other scholars are leading experts in their fields, with distinguished careers in government, business, academia and public policy. Its research is substantive, scholarly and unbiased. At the same time, PFF is focused on having an impact on public policy.

PFF's underlying philosophy combines an appreciation for the positive impacts of technology with a classically conservative view of the proper role of government. We believe that the technological change embodied in the digital revolution has created tremendous opportunities for enhanced individual liberty, as well as wealth creation and higher living standards. Those opportunities can only be realized if governments resist the temptation to regulate, tax and control. Government has important roles to play in society, including protecting property rights and individual liberties, but its tendency is to reach beyond its legitimate functions in ways that harm consumers, burden citizens and slow progress.

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