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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...
A response to the Heritage Foundation's proposal to dismantle the Department of Energy.
How does the recent Supreme Court case on medical privacy relate to the online privacy debate?
Daniel Esty and Michael Porter wildly overstate the innovative effectiveness of a carbon tax in "The New York Times."
Extremists rarely let facts and reason interfere with their beliefs. Even with new evidence, doubters will continue to make outrageous claims that distract from serious answers to real challenges.
The proposal includes numerous inconsistencies and inaccuracies.
Distortions and overreactions obscure key facts about the privacy of mobile location data in the latest incident with Apple.
ARPA-E has received a limited reprieve from its budget woes, but even that will likely be temporary.
The contention that calls to boost manufacturing ignore the gains still to be made from services is flat wrong. The United States needs both.
Public sector energy investment leads to breakthrough in solar technology and boost to the economy.
The Department of Energy is moving forward with an overarching review that could lead to greater coherence and coordination in clean energy innovation policy.
Jeff Weintraub of Fleishman-Hillard Public Affairs interviews Rob Atkinson about the factors that affect how...
"Transforming the World with ICT" presentation at the National Defense University.
Rob Atkinson presented at the PILMA Winter Meeting.
Rob Atkinson presented at the Rural Smart Grid Summit.
Rob Atkinson gave the Keynote Presentation at the Kansas Economic Policy Conference.
Emerging Technology Policies Roundtable Lunch with Senior Analyst Stephen Ezell.
Stephen Ezell presented on "Technology Transfer: Issues and Processes class at the USDA."
Lecture at the Said Business School, University of Oxford
Rob Atkinson's presentation at the "Science, Technology and Innovation: Imperatives for National...
ITIF argues that unchecked digital piracy is a threat to the economic welfare of the United States and that...
Regulators should encourage the development of high-functioning, efficient networks with transparent terms of...
Creating a protected market for certain video navigation devices does not advance the goal of consumer choice.
ITIF filed reply comments with the FCC today on the question of reclassifying the broadband and mobile...
ITIF urges the FCC to rely on consumers to gauge the quality of mobile broadband.
Richard Bennett argues the FCC should not reclassify broadband.
Statement by Rob Atkinson before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation subcommittee on Competition...
Comments submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the...
Statement by Rob Atkinson before the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Energy.
ITIF Provides Comments on Internet Practice Following Court in Comcast Case
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.