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United States has made rapid progress in broadband deployment, performance and price.
Congress should establish “U.S. Manufacturing Universities” as part of a needed push to strengthen the...
ITA member countries—developed and developing alike—should seize on the opportunity to further tariff rate...
Creating a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation should be a priority for policymakers.
The State New Economy Index uses 26 indicators to measure the extent to which state economies are knowledge-...
The current rate-setting process for music royalties is broken, reform would allow copyright owners to...
Economic doctrines lead to different views of optimal copyright policy.
The ITU is facing obsolescence but this existential crisis does not justify a wholesale restructuring of...
As the 2012 presidential campaign moves in the final stage, ITIF is presenting general principles and...
Fifty actionable ideas illustrating how to make voting more accessible for all Americans, including voters...
Climate activists need to reshape their focus to protest the real challenge to U.S. clean energy.
The real lesson of the NREL study is that much more innovation is necessary to achieve deep and affordable carbon reductions.
The ReDigi example proves reforms to the Copyright Act need to revisit whether the technology has changed enough to warrant rethinking the First Sale doctrine for digital goods.
The merger of two Australian departments is a welcome recognition that innovation policy and climate change mitigation are linked.
The health of U.S. traded sector enterprises in industries such as aerospace, automobiles, and airlines simply can’t be taken for granted.
How the "Phone Phreaks" model is a good example for inspiring interest and experimentation in STEM students today.
The Sequester is about to deliver another kick in the teeth to American competitiveness: it’s going to sharply reduce our ability to measure it.
The Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative is a significant first step on the path to a robust U.S. clean energy manufacturing sector.
Cheryl Martin reflects on ARPA-E’s perspective on the role of states in energy innovation.
ARPA-E's Cheryl Martin covers a pervasive issue in innovation policy: linking research and emerging technologies to market.
Rob Atkinson will be giving the keynote presentation "E-Transformation for Competitiveness" as part...
Innovation economics will lead nations to developing a cohesive and effective innovation-productivity...
Rob Atkinson to present on advanced manufacturing and wealth creation as part of jobs conference.
The importance of innovation in IT and government leadership in IT practices.
Senior Analyst Daniel Castro participates in a panel on the role of ISPs in protecting intellectual property.
ITIF President Rob Atkinson to speak on IBM panel on the topic of frontiers in IT.
Investigating a sustainable path to feeding the world's population and how crops will evolve in the...
Senior Analyst Daniel Castro explains the potential mechanisms for protecting content online based on the...
ITIF Senior Fellow Val Giddings will address spurring innovation in the biotechnology sector.
Rob Atkinson will moderate the panel at the Microsoft Smart Energy Policy Series.
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.
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.