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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...
Columnist Tom Friedman presents an interesting example of support for both climate policy and innovation with constant support for a carbon tax.
The latest report from Akamai shows U.S. broadband speeds are still moving up in the international rankings.
Continued expansion of technology and innovation is necessary for the growth and expansion of 21st century society.
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.
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.
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.