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Resource and Publication
The U.S. government can and should do more to support industry efforts to reduce digital piracy.
ITIF President Rob Atkinson explains how ICT has the potential to revolutionize the lives of people around...
There is renewed interest in a job creation agenda. But many of the proposals put forth to date overlook the...
This report benchmarks clean energy competitiveness in four nations: China, Japan, South Korea and the United...
In this report, ITIF identifies the leading nations in mobile payments, explains why the United States lags...
Contrary to much of the narrative within Fareed Zakaria’s book The Post-American World, the United States is...
If the United States is to achieve the promise of the broadband revolution it will need to ensure that a much...
The last two decades have presented unprecedented global economic change. While there is much debate around...
ITIF lays out ten key questions it believes are critical to answer accurately before any regulatory decisions...
Should wireless handset manufacturers like Apple and Palm be forbidden to share innovation risks with network...
Lack of support for central energy innovation programs in the 2012 budget will harm economic growth and reduce our ability to curb carbon emissions.
Job growth could be created with a tax holiday to bring back overseas profits, a manufacturing strategy, and overcoming false hope in the strong dollar.
A new report on energy innovation from Google spotlights the upside of clean energy—so long as we get both the technology and the policy right.
In a Microsoft blog, Rob Atkinson outlines the central components of the next-generation smart grid.
The U.S. should work to improve the global free flow of information by reducing barriers, protecting content and improving trust online.
The Department of Defense recently unveiled their long-term strategy for efficiency and alternatives in operational energy.
The productivity gains that technology and automation generate ultimately create jobs.
Matthew Stepp offers energy innovation perspectives on a Europe-based online forum on environmental policy issues.
Daniel Castro discusses the implications of Facebook's Tag Suggestions feature, that automates photo tagging using facial recognition.
ITIF consolidates manufacturing reports for easy access by policymakers, executives, and the public.
Jeff Weintraub of Fleishman-Hillard Public Affairs interviews Rob Atkinson about the factors that affect how...
"Transforming the World with ICT" presentation at the National Defense University.
Rob Atkinson presented at the PILMA Winter Meeting.
Rob Atkinson presented at the Rural Smart Grid Summit.
Rob Atkinson gave the Keynote Presentation at the Kansas Economic Policy Conference.
Emerging Technology Policies Roundtable Lunch with Senior Analyst Stephen Ezell.
Stephen Ezell presented on "Technology Transfer: Issues and Processes class at the USDA."
Lecture at the Said Business School, University of Oxford
Rob Atkinson's presentation at the "Science, Technology and Innovation: Imperatives for National...
California should revise and expand its R&D credit and consider implementing a patent box.
ITIF recommends phasing out Universal Service and ICC subsidies and replacing them with a rural broadband...
Further testing will determine the feasibility of LightSquared operation in the lower 10 MHz of their...
Rob Atkinson urges tax fairness for digital goods in Congressional testimony.
ITIF submits public comments in response to the Department of Energy’s Quadrennial Technology Review.
The Census Bureau should allow individuals to submit their responses online and adapt to current technology...
Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Competition and the Internet.
The report on privacy provides many useful recommendations, but falls short in a number of areas.
ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro's testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on...
ITIF files reply comments with the FCC in the “Two Questions Inquiry” on managed services and wireless net...
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.