Resources and Publications
Resource and Publication
ITIF, the Heritage Foundation, and the Center for American Progress, propose a set of nonpartisan policy...
ITIF's choices for top innovation, economic development, science and R&D, telecom and IT, and...
All but “final mile” mail delivery should be opened up to private competition and the size of USPS should be...
ITIF presents a detailed rebuttal of the Economic Policy Institute's analysis to provide a more accurate...
3D printing is a new technology that raises old policy questions.
This fact sheet lists 53 documented economic benefits of IT, from jobs and output to competitiveness and...
A robust reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act can boost U.S. economic competitiveness and growth.
Europe faces a quandary: The difficult fiscal straits most European nations face precludes “Keynesian”...
Policy decisions about IT in the vehicle should be driven by a broad government mandate to foster innovation...
The global agriculture system faces a rapidly growing challenge that must be met with resilience and...
Government should be focusing on reducing the investment and the budget deficits together, not implementing sledge-hammer cuts.
Congress doesn't want to hurt the next generation but slashing productive investments in the future will end up impoverishing future Americans more so.
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.
Rob Atkinson participated on a panel at the Politico Conference.
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
ITIF President Rob Atkinson testified before the House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and...
ITIF responded to a request from the Office of Management and Budget for public comments on intellectual...
ITIF President Rob Atkinson argues that new technologies and ways of seeking and obtaining information could...
The Internet is a "virtual network" designed to serve a variety of needs and does not readily lend...
ITIF Research Fellow Richard Bennett filed comments with the FCC regarding regulatory approaches to licensed...
ITIF offered guidance to the FCC’s Big Ideas workshop on the future architecture of the Internet and the role...
In this FCC filing, ITIF discusses policy and non-policy factors that affect broadband deployment and...
In a testimony before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, Rob Atkinson discusses...
This FCC filing examines how P2P applications harm telephony applications even during low levels of...
The growing array of mercantilist trade policies that nations have enacted to unfairly disadvantage foreign...
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.