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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...
The American Optometric Association journal "Optometry" has published a study that purports to find...
Based on the findings from other nations, the report proposes 11 policy recommendations to spur both...
Recently, a Pennsylvanian couple sued Google for publishing photos of their home on Google Maps. This lawsuit...
India’s recent trade policies are placing their relationship with the U.S. in jeopardy.
In his monthly contribution to "IndustryWeek," Rob Atkinson argues we can expect overall manufacturing output, and the jobs that are based on it, to continue to recede unless we address the real problems we face.
Netflix announced a new feature “Netflix Social" made possible because of an update to a privacy law.
Singapore provides a persuasive model for a strong system of intellectual property rights. The TPP negotiators need only to look around to see the results.
Collaboration between startups and large energy companies could prove crucial.
Sunday op-ed writers should consider the facts before urging public policymakers to make changes to clean energy and copyright policy.
The I-Squared Act is an important step in the right direction.
Matthew Stepp puts the clean energy deployment policy debate within the frame of innovation and discusses one potential solution.
As Commissioner Ramirez begins her new term, the FTC can be more effective at making meaningful progress in addressing identity theft, such as through better use of technology.
American broadband networks are not only faster than those in the UK, they’re also improving more rapidly.
Rob Atkinson will present at FTC workshop "Competition & Consumer Protection Issues in the Pet...
Rob Atkinson's presentation to the 2012 World Computer Congress.
A panel presentation on “A Comparison of National Broadband Strategies in Developed and Developing Countries.”
Richard Bennett will present at the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee event "Internet TV...
Rob Atkinson will give a presentation on “Successful Innovation In The Green Economy, The Importance of...
Rob Atkinson will give a presentation on “Technology and the Future of Work.”
ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro will present on current research to make voting more accessible at the...
Rob Atkinson will engage Jonathan Sallet and Jeff Eisenach in an interactive discussion of their views on the...
Rob Atkinson will speak at the annual SRII conference in San Jose, California.
WIRE-Net's Board of Directors invited Rob Atkinson to address 2012 Annual Meeting.
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.