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This report shows how IT is the key enabler of many of today’s key improvements in our lives and society—from...
In today’s economy, innovation – the development and adoption of new products and services, more efficient...
The U.S. political dialogue gives scant attention to innovation and policy to promote innovative activity....
This policy brief compares and assesses the 2008 presidential election candidates’ technology and innovation...
In RAND’s Rose-Colored Glasses: How RAND’s Report on U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology Gets it...
In the last few years the debate over broadband policy has become increasingly partisan and bitter. It's...
While bash-the-corporation rhetoric may have some populist appeal, it is both factually and logically flawed.
In this report, ITIF finds that the nature of the U.S. innovation system has changed dramatically over the...
In reference to ITIF’s call for a National Innovation Foundation ITIF president Rob Atkinson and Howard Wial...
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.
A new proposal in the House is advertised as a “comprehensive" energy plan, but would really just drive fossil fuel use with little investment in energy innovation.
ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro will be discussing online behavioral targeting and its implications for...
Rob Atkinson served as moderator at the OECD-NSF Workshop Roundtable Debate.
Rob Atkinson moderated for event regarding the release of the SAFE Transportation Paper.
Rob Atkinson gave a presentation at the State of Downtown Economic Forum.
Rob Atkinson held an online presentation on Broadband for Case University Students.
Rob Atkinson presentated at the GLOCOM CTO Roundtable Meeting.
Rob Atkinson presented at the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.
ITIF Senior Fellow Richard Bennett will be participating in a panel at the Congressional Internet Caucus...
Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, and ITIF President Rob Atkinson will offer a cautionary assessment of America's...
ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro will be participating in a COICA panel at the Congressional Internet Caucus...
A strong, growing, and collaborative trade relationship between the United States and India could be in...
Ensuring the uninhibited flow of information, data, and ICT services across borders is vital both to...
ICANN should avoid choosing one business model over another by allowing both open and closed generic TLDs.
Vermont's H112 should not be enacted because it is based on a misunderstanding about biotech crops.
Pressured or mandatory technology transfer by other nations has, is, and will continue to negatively impact...
Testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission making the case for the expansion of the ITA.
COPPA restricts the development of a robust Internet ecosystem for children and should not be strengthened.
Strong leadership in cloud computing is necessary to remain globally competitive, advance technology in the...
The FCC should not extend its authority to regulate the software installed on mobile devices.
The implications for the U.S. economy as a result of China's strategic decisions should be clear.
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.
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