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Resource and Publication
Assesses the different Congressional proposals on internet tax and provides recommendations on the tax...
An EU-US FTA would signal to the world the seriousness with which both parties take true free trade.
The United States has failed to create a comprehensive energy policy that provides robust and consistent...
United States has made rapid progress in broadband deployment, performance and price.
Congress should establish “U.S. Manufacturing Universities” as part of a needed push to strengthen the...
ITA member countries—developed and developing alike—should seize on the opportunity to further tariff rate...
Creating a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation should be a priority for policymakers.
The State New Economy Index uses 26 indicators to measure the extent to which state economies are knowledge-...
The current rate-setting process for music royalties is broken, reform would allow copyright owners to...
Economic doctrines lead to different views of optimal copyright policy.
The ReDigi example proves reforms to the Copyright Act need to revisit whether the technology has changed enough to warrant rethinking the First Sale doctrine for digital goods.
The merger of two Australian departments is a welcome recognition that innovation policy and climate change mitigation are linked.
The health of U.S. traded sector enterprises in industries such as aerospace, automobiles, and airlines simply can’t be taken for granted.
How the "Phone Phreaks" model is a good example for inspiring interest and experimentation in STEM students today.
The Sequester is about to deliver another kick in the teeth to American competitiveness: it’s going to sharply reduce our ability to measure it.
The Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative is a significant first step on the path to a robust U.S. clean energy manufacturing sector.
Cheryl Martin reflects on ARPA-E’s perspective on the role of states in energy innovation.
ARPA-E's Cheryl Martin covers a pervasive issue in innovation policy: linking research and emerging technologies to market.
Laboratories or retirement communities, it's time to choose.
Energy innovation investment within the Department of Energy is down more than 5 percent since FY2012.
WIRE-Net's Board of Directors invited Rob Atkinson to address 2012 Annual Meeting.
Rob Atkison will present on the panel "How Labor and Manufacturers Are Forging Manufacturing’s New Path...
ITIF president Rob Atkinson will present at the STEM Enterprise: Measures for Innovation and Competitiveness...
Stephen Ezell presented ITIF's work on competitiveness and rankings at the 2012 EPISIS Conference.
Exploring the TBED community to better leverage cleantech policy and programs.
Richard Bennett will testify before the House Science Committee on April 18, 2012 on spectrum use before the...
Matthew Stepp will be presenting the "Breakout Session: Environmental Policy" at the National...
Rob Atkinson will be speaking on the panel "Manufacturing and the U.S. Jobs Base: What’s Gone Wrong?...
Rob Atkinson will present the keynote speech at Global Trends Driving a Renaissance in U.S. Manufacturing.
Stephen Ezell presented as part of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Silicon Valley: Best Practices and...
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 the New Economy.