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Setting the Policy Agenda on Innovation Issues
- Alongside our in-depth policy reports, ITIF’s long-running Innovation Files blog serves as a forum where analysts provide quick takes, quips, and commentary on the latest in technology and innovation policy.
- Other blogs from ITIF include In the Arena, Rob Atkinson’s notes on the battle of ideas (also on Substack at policyarena.org), plus special series, such as The Brussels Effect, examining how the EU exports its regulatory agenda; Defending Digital, examining spurious critiques of the tech industry; and Innovate4Health, covering the intersection between intellectual property and life sciences innovation.
- ITIF analysts also frequently contribute op-eds and commentary pieces to leading publications around the world.
October 20, 2025|Blogs
Fact of the Week: Inflation Is Expected to Rise to 3 Percent in the United States in 2026
Though inflation has remained relatively stable thus far in 2025, projections estimate that inflation in the United States will increase in 2026 from 2.7 percent to 3 percent.
October 17, 2025|Blogs
The Brussels Effect Comes to Brasília: Why Its New Digital Markets Bill Misses the Mark
Brazil’s Digital Markets Bill promises to tame tech giants, but in reality, it threatens to import Europe’s flawed regulatory experiment—punishing innovation more than protecting consumers
October 17, 2025|Blogs
What Happened to the American Business Creed? Part II: Societal Attacks
Americans have forgotten that prosperity depends on valuing productivity, grounding ideals in realism, striving for progress, and maintaining the optimism and adventurous spirit to embrace change.
October 16, 2025|Blogs
Wake up, Europe. It’s Time to Get Serious About Innovation.
The UK’s refusal to formally designate China as a national security threat has undermined its ability to prosecute espionage, leaving its technology and innovation sectors vulnerable to Chinese infiltration and economic coercion.
October 16, 2025|Blogs
Schumpeter’s Vindication: The Enduring Link Between Scale and Innovation
Economic evidence continues to show positive effects of firm size on innovation. Scale matters for innovation and economic growth, and antitrust policy should not be constrained by the “big is bad” notions of today’s antitrust populists.
October 14, 2025|Blogs
Nature Conservation, Dire Wolves, Moratoria, and Technophobia
A proposed moratorium on genetically modified plants and animals would backfire—decades of evidence show biotechnology helps conserve biodiversity by reducing habitat loss, curbing disease, and aiding species recovery.
October 14, 2025|Blogs
Fact of the Week: US R&D Value Added Has Increased by 63 Percent from 2013 to 2023
According to the BEA’s R&D Satellite Account, R&D value added has increased in real terms from 2013 to 2023 by 63 percent.
October 10, 2025|Blogs
New Research Shows How Strict Data Regulations Undercut Biopharmaceutical R&D
Strict data privacy laws like the GDPR have significantly reduced biopharmaceutical R&D investment—especially among smaller firms—highlighting the need for U.S. policymakers to reform HIPAA, pass innovation-friendly federal privacy legislation, and invest in privacy-enhancing technologies to protect both privacy and progress in medical research.
October 10, 2025|Blogs
Europe’s Interoperability Push Undermines Western Tech Leadership
The EU’s overbroad interoperability mandates target U.S. tech firms, delay new features for European users, and open the door for China to challenge Western tech leadership.
October 10, 2025|Blogs
The War Department’s Spectrum Hoard Endangers National Security
America’s wireless future depends on efficient spectrum use—and unlocking more federal airwaves for commercial innovation will strengthen both the economy and national security.