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Resource and Publication
If Congress wants to support innovation and U.S. competitiveness, it should expand tax credits to reflect the...
New deployments of rural broadband have shifted from wireline technologies to 3G and 4G mobile broadband.
ITIF makes the case for a landmark trade pact that raises the bar for global trade practices.
Not only does the U.S. lag behind other countries in government- and business-funded university research, but...
Policy must strive to promote government investment in R&D and private sector commercialization.
ITIF, the Breakthrough Institute, and Americans for Energy Leadership respond to the Heritage Foundation...
Faulty assessments of the problems and solutions related to U.S. innovation stand in the way of coherent and...
The manufacturing sector is key to the health of the U.S. economy—and the U.S. needs a strategy to support it.
ITIF reviews the indispensable role of public investment and public-private partnerships in fostering energy...
ITIF proposes an Innovation Carbon Price—a unique approach to spurring clean energy innovation and boosting U...
In calling for deep cuts to energy innovation, the proposed FY 2012 budget resolution misses what makes smart investment.
We need a rational debate on how to design tax policies to spur innovation, global competitiveness and growth.
Most analysts who see the carbon price as a be-all, end-all climate and energy solution are dramatically overstating the ability of market signals to draw forth major innovations.
The proposed merger of AT&T with T-Mobile highlights the fact that continued mobile competition depends on the release of more spectrum.
The use of anonymous data sets is useful for both research and business and an integral part of our information economy.
While developed countries and global institutions provide China billions in foreign aid, China refuses to open its markets to foreign clean energy products.
Biotechnology has the potential to drastically reduce food prices. But opponents rely on ideology, not science, to restrict agriculture innovation.
For some privacy advocates “opt-in” is not enough. They do not want to give users choice; they want to make the choice for users.
AT&T’s broadband usage cap will not stifle the rise of Internet TV.
In response the nuclear crisis in Japan, U.S. policymakers should take a forward looking, long-view approach to nuclear energy.
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.
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.

