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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...
Protecting IP-intensive companies engaged in international trade should be foremost on Senate Finance Committee agenda.
Privacy advocates are attempting to disguise ideological opposition to surveillance cameras as a debate about cost and effectiveness after the Boston Marathon Bombing.
The argument for a massive reorganization of America’s broadband markets depends on a set of facts that don’t exist.
We must transform and reinvest in our international agricultural innovation ecosystem to produce more productive, resilient crops for a hungrier and warmer world.
The belief that automation is responsible for manufacturing decline is a nothing more than a neoclassical fallacy.
Policymakers must continue to recognize the importance of public support for energy innovation – and R&D funding throughout the federal government – as a means to rebuilding the post-recession American economy.
A reflection on the book "Climate Change Policy Failures" and how to best move climate policy forward.
Budget proposals for USDA are seemingly positive but won't achieve much without reform in research and international cooperation.
The U.S. should look at international leadership on electronic ID systems and consider adoption of similar practices.
Any effective manufacturing strategy has to include a robust “tech and talent” initiative, which would include a fully funded NNMI.
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.
Comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration state that the U.S. government...
ISPs should have the right to reasonably manage their networks to ensure a fair and efficient distribution of...
ITIF Senior Analyst Julie Hedlund’s testimony on U.S. programs and legislation to support rural broadband...
ITIF President Rob Atkinson’s testimony about globalization of R&D and policy responses, before the House...
ITIF President Rob Atkinson's testimony on the Small Business Administration's investment programs...
ITIF comments on FCC’s proposed revisions to its broadband data collection. It makes suggestions for...
ITIF comments discussing the economic and technological benefits that would result from the BellSouth-AT&...
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.