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Based on the findings from other nations, the report proposes 11 policy recommendations to spur both...
Recently, a Pennsylvanian couple sued Google for publishing photos of their home on Google Maps. This lawsuit...
Without a more robust, targeted, and explicit federal innovation policy, U.S. competitiveness will continue...
It’s time for a debate that focuses on the most important digital economy issues: how to get fast broadband...
The United States is one of the few nations not allowing its citizens to submit their census forms online.
ITIF analyzes the decision made by the Census Bureau to eliminate the Internet response option and concludes...
An article in "CommLaw Conspectus" outlines the economic rationale for a national broadband...
New report by George Mason University Professor David Hart benchmarking flows of highly-skilled workers to...
A report on proposed legislation to overhaul the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and on...
After a long period over which Europe was catching up to the United States in productivity, this trend has...
Europe and America need to realize the global nature of the innovation competitiveness challenge, wrote Rob Atkinson in this special op-ed of the Spring 2013 issue of "Europe's World."
Renewed focus on battery innovation is what's needed for EV adoption.
Making EVs cost and perform like gas cars is a real barrier to EVs playing any role, big or small, in decarbonizing transportation.
A higher minimum wage would spur economic growth, while also increasing economic fairness.
In his monthly contribution to "IndustryWeek," Rob Atkinson argues anemic overall performance of the U.S. economy can be tied directly to the loss of traded sector, particularly, manufacturing competitiveness.
The president’s proposed initiatives are a good start to revitalize manufacturing, but they don’t go nearly far enough.
Innovators, whether they are in a scientific laboratory or a recording studio, must count on being able to recoup their risky investments without the threat of illegal copies.
President Obama has aggressively called for addressing climate change but ultimately came up short of a clear vision.
President Obama made a critical step in advancing manufacturing competitiveness during the State of the Union address.
WIRE-Net's Board of Directors invited Rob Atkinson to address 2012 Annual Meeting.
Rob Atkison will present on the panel "How Labor and Manufacturers Are Forging Manufacturing’s New Path...
ITIF president Rob Atkinson will present at the STEM Enterprise: Measures for Innovation and Competitiveness...
Stephen Ezell presented ITIF's work on competitiveness and rankings at the 2012 EPISIS Conference.
Exploring the TBED community to better leverage cleantech policy and programs.
Richard Bennett will testify before the House Science Committee on April 18, 2012 on spectrum use before the...
Matthew Stepp will be presenting the "Breakout Session: Environmental Policy" at the National...
Rob Atkinson will be speaking on the panel "Manufacturing and the U.S. Jobs Base: What’s Gone Wrong?...
Rob Atkinson will present the keynote speech at Global Trends Driving a Renaissance in U.S. Manufacturing.
Stephen Ezell presented as part of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Silicon Valley: Best Practices and...
Testimony before House Energy and Commerce Committee on U.S. manufacturing.
Spectrum policy needs to realign spectrum into a smaller number of larger allocations for general-purpose...
ITIF comments on the NTIA multistakeholder process to develop consumer data privacy codes of conduct.
The tax code should reduce ineffective exemptions and incentives while expanding effective ones focused on...
Regulators should create policies that protect privacy while minimizing burdens on businesses.
ITIF filed comments with the FCC in favor of Verizon's proposed purchase of spectrum licenses from a...
The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship should consider enacting policies to...
Response to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests
Policies should promote not restrict activities like venture investing.
The facts show quite clearly that biotechnology crops and foods are at least as safe as those produced with...
ITIF Submission to the Office of Science & Technology Policy on "Building a 21st Century Bioeconomy"
The regulation system responsible for reviewing products of agricultural biotechnology is in need of reform.
In a chapter for the new book Practicing Sustainability, Rob Atkinson wrote about sustainability from an innovation economics perspective.
"Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage." This new book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way and the United States is running the risk of losing.
Supply-Side Follies methodically debunks the common assumptions of conservative economics and demonstrates why it is a flawed doctrine that is setting up the U.S. for a major economic downturn in the near future.
Taking into account the historical record, the book discusses the shortcomings of prevailing liberal and conservative economic doctrines and lays out a new growth economics agenda aimed at maximizing the productivity and innovation-enhancing forces of the New Economy.
