Resources and Publications
Resource and Publication
Fairness, simplicity and parity should guide federal legislation for internet sales tax.
Innovation is becoming popular. Economists see it is not accumulation of more capital that is key to...
An examination of the progress of the Ad Hoc Technical Experts Group (AHTEG) since 2009.
A five part series that works through what our current climate policy approach should be while addressing...
Val Giddings stresses scientific findings and analysis remain the key driver of global agricultural research...
The product of a collaboration from business and labor organizations to academic institutions, the charter...
Self-regulation is essential to protecting consumer privacy in online behavioral advertising.
The most accurate diagnosis for the anemic U.S. recovery is the continued failure to revive innovation-based...
A scorecard ranking APEC economies on their innovation-based policies to spur competitiveness and growth.
PIPA/SOPA is an important step forward in fight against online piracy, but legislation needs to focus on...
Thomas Friedman’s ongoing love of carbon prices leaves him with an innovation blind spot.
Reflections on the need to revitalize U.S. manufacturing with a coherent national strategy.
The bankruptcy of solar firm Solyndra offers an important lesson about failure in innovation.
Restoring robust job growth will require Washington to recognize there is a competitiveness crisis and act accordingly.
Legislation pending in New York is designed to protect brick-and-mortar pharmacies at the expense of higher health care costs for consumers.
A fundamentally misguided strategy for confronting America’s budgetary and environmental challenges.
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 will continue to be used by activists to derail innovation in agriculture.
Antipathy toward multinationals ignores their vital role in our economy.
Why the green economy is headed for a crisis and an energy innovation approach is absolutely necessary.
ITIF argues for trade-focused policies to boost domestic competitiveness in the clean economy.
ITIF president Rob Atkinson will present on the issues related to science and technology, as well as...
ITIF president Rob Atkinson will present at Leading Edge Forum.
The Politico Pro team presents an in-depth conversation with special guest Rob Atkinson, President,...
Presentation on adoption of IP practices and trade strategies in developed and developing nations at the CES-...
ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro will be moderating the panel “Academics and Technologists Look at the...
ITIF Senior Analyst Stephen Ezell presented on the future of advanced manufacturing at the AAAS annual...
From an economic policy perspective, the focus should not be on intangible capital vs. tangible capital.
ITIF president Rob Atkinson will present on a panel at 2:35 PM on the effects of technology on industry.
Rob Atkinson will present a pragmatic road map for how the United States can regain an innovation advantage...
"Technologies that Energize Us" Panel: A Conversation with Matthew Stepp, Senior Policy Analyst, on...
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.