Resources and Publications
Resource and Publication
Fairness, simplicity and parity should guide federal legislation for internet sales tax.
Innovation is becoming popular. Economists see it is not accumulation of more capital that is key to...
An examination of the progress of the Ad Hoc Technical Experts Group (AHTEG) since 2009.
A five part series that works through what our current climate policy approach should be while addressing...
Val Giddings stresses scientific findings and analysis remain the key driver of global agricultural research...
The product of a collaboration from business and labor organizations to academic institutions, the charter...
Self-regulation is essential to protecting consumer privacy in online behavioral advertising.
The most accurate diagnosis for the anemic U.S. recovery is the continued failure to revive innovation-based...
A scorecard ranking APEC economies on their innovation-based policies to spur competitiveness and growth.
PIPA/SOPA is an important step forward in fight against online piracy, but legislation needs to focus on...
A new report on state of clean energy investment funds highlights an under-reported, but potentially important clean energy policy tool.
Legislation aimed at rogue foreign sites, while not a complete solution, does at least recognize that IP and malware are connected and the cost of IP-related crime to the U.S. economy and the security of consumers warrants action.
If America wants a manufacturing rebound, it can’t just hope, wish and pray. It has to act.
SOPA critics charge that DNS filtering breaks the Internet, but it does no such thing as long as it’s done sensibly.
Despite problems with the first draft of SOPA, the Manager’s Amendment ensures that the bill doesn’t conflict with Secure DNS.
Recent FY2012 budget deal stabilizes or boosts funding for key office that house energy innovation projects.
Is the DNS blacklisting mechanism in PIPA/SOPA bills contrary the spirit of the Internet and American innovation?
"Do Not Track" would disrupt the successful business model which underpins the Internet's success.
Technology and machines are the solution, not the cause of our stubbornly-high unemployment rate.
Robert Solow calls for policymakers to focus on energy innovation.
Rob Atkinson gave the keynote at the Fayette Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting.
Rob Atkinson participated in a panel discussion examining how the U.S. can best foster investment in medical...
Rob Atkinson participated on a panel at the CAMI Innovation Conference.
Rob Atkinson participated in the NCSL Fall Forum panel.
Robert D. Atkinson will be presenting/speaking at an event hosted by Boeing "Leading and Nurturing a...
Rob Atkinson discusses the research and development tax credit, innovation policy and U.S. global...
A forum to examine the role of technology in empowering consumers to control online tracking and whether...
Join Politico and the key players in technology policymaking for a discussion about the future of technology...
Rob Atkinson participated on a panel at the Politico Conference.
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.