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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, 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.

March 17, 2025|Blogs

Fact of the Week: The Expansion of Submarine Cables Results in a 14 to 21 Percent Drop in Internet Prices

A recent report found that doubling the international Internet bandwidth for a country by installing submarine cables will decrease the cost of fixed and mobile broadband by as much as 14 and 21 percent, respectively.

March 17, 2025|Blogs

What America Can Learn From China About Big Tech

America should reconsider its antagonistic approach toward Big Tech, instead forging strategic partnerships with these firms—similar to China's recent pivot—to maintain global technological leadership and competitive edge in critical fields like AI and semiconductors.

March 17, 2025|Blogs

Canada Should Hire Scientists Trump Fires

Trump and Musk are disrupting America’s scientific community, giving Canada a rare opportunity to attract top talent and position itself as a global innovation powerhouse.

March 10, 2025|Blogs

Fact of the Week: Stricter Land Use Regulations Led to a 40 Percent Decline in Construction Productivity

Construction labor productivity has significantly declined, falling 40 percent from 1970 to 2000, even as productivity in other industries, such as manufacturing, has grown.

March 7, 2025|Blogs

Texas Cracked the Code on Broadband Deployment. Now It Can Lead on Affordability.

Texas is proving that tech-neutral, efficient broadband deployment can close the digital divide—on budget and with surplus funds to boost affordability.

March 7, 2025|Blogs

The Global Spread of Protectionist Policies That Squeeze American Tech Companies

A growing proliferation of antitrust regulations, content-moderation requirements, data-localization mandates, digital service taxes, exorbitant fines and fees, and local content requirements reveals a clear pattern: They are designed to unfairly burden and extract revenue from American Big Tech.

March 6, 2025|Blogs

AI Is Key to Trump’s Education Overhaul

Education Secretary Linda McMahon proposed eliminating the Department of Education by cutting federal bureaucracy to empower state-led innovation, but true transformation in American education requires a national commitment to investing in AI-driven personalized learning.

March 5, 2025|Blogs

After DOGE: Trump’s Chance to Modernize

The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has aggressively downsized the federal workforce. To maintain essential services with fewer staff, the administration must embrace digital transformation, leveraging AI, automation, and self-service portals to improve efficiency and modernize government operations.

March 4, 2025|Op-Eds & Contributed Articles

Korea’s Digital Gamble: Will New Tech Rules Hurt Innovation and Help China?

South Korea risks harming its consumers, economy, and relationship with the United States by adopting Europe's flawed digital competition regulations.

March 3, 2025|Blogs

Driving American Innovation: Leveraging the Power of Women in STEM

As the United States seeks to boost domestic innovation and industry, unlocking the transformative potential of women in STEM is essential for to continue building American Innovation.

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