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...
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.
The fight over public broadband in North Carolina reveals the need for public-private collaboration to bring first-class Internet service to rural areas.
Liberals and conservatives both have good ideas that need to be put into action to restore U.S. competitiveness.
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.
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.
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