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Resource and Publication
Without a more robust, targeted, and explicit federal innovation policy, U.S. competitiveness will continue...
It’s time for a debate that focuses on the most important digital economy issues: how to get fast broadband...
The United States is one of the few nations not allowing its citizens to submit their census forms online.
ITIF analyzes the decision made by the Census Bureau to eliminate the Internet response option and concludes...
An article in "CommLaw Conspectus" outlines the economic rationale for a national broadband...
New report by George Mason University Professor David Hart benchmarking flows of highly-skilled workers to...
A report on proposed legislation to overhaul the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and on...
After a long period over which Europe was catching up to the United States in productivity, this trend has...
In a new report, ITIF explores the benefits of using information technology in the health care sector, such...
An article of "IEEE Internet Computing Journal" documents how other nations have more robust...
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 will be giving the keynote presentation "E-Transformation for Competitiveness" as part...
Innovation economics will lead nations to developing a cohesive and effective innovation-productivity...
Rob Atkinson to present on advanced manufacturing and wealth creation as part of jobs conference.
The importance of innovation in IT and government leadership in IT practices.
Senior Analyst Daniel Castro participates in a panel on the role of ISPs in protecting intellectual property.
ITIF President Rob Atkinson to speak on IBM panel on the topic of frontiers in IT.
Investigating a sustainable path to feeding the world's population and how crops will evolve in the...
Senior Analyst Daniel Castro explains the potential mechanisms for protecting content online based on the...
ITIF Senior Fellow Val Giddings will address spurring innovation in the biotechnology sector.
Rob Atkinson will moderate the panel at the Microsoft Smart Energy Policy Series.
A strong, growing, and collaborative trade relationship between the United States and India could be in...
Ensuring the uninhibited flow of information, data, and ICT services across borders is vital both to...
ICANN should avoid choosing one business model over another by allowing both open and closed generic TLDs.
Vermont's H112 should not be enacted because it is based on a misunderstanding about biotech crops.
Pressured or mandatory technology transfer by other nations has, is, and will continue to negatively impact...
Testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission making the case for the expansion of the ITA.
COPPA restricts the development of a robust Internet ecosystem for children and should not be strengthened.
Strong leadership in cloud computing is necessary to remain globally competitive, advance technology in the...
The FCC should not extend its authority to regulate the software installed on mobile devices.
The implications for the U.S. economy as a result of China's strategic decisions should be clear.
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 t