Reports & Briefings
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- For brief overviews of how key technologies work and why they matter, see ITIF’s “Technology Explainer Series.”
- For a menu of actionable policy ideas to foster innovation, growth, and progress, see ITIF’s “Tech Policy To-Do List.”
June 24, 2024
From Cart to Claim: Addressing Product Liability in Online Marketplaces
State product liability laws traditionally hold manufacturers, distributors, and sellers strictly liable for defective products they bring to market. As consumers increasingly make purchases from online marketplaces—platforms that aggregate products from multiple third-party sellers—new questions arise about how to best protect them from defective products that pose a risk to health and safety.
June 17, 2024
How Innovative Is China in Nuclear Power?
Though China built upon a foreign base of technology, it has become the world’s leading proponent of nuclear energy. Chinese firms are well ahead of their Western peers, supported by a whole-of-government strategy that provides extensive financing and systemic coordination.
June 10, 2024
How Generative AI Is Changing the Global South’s IT Services Sector
Given the potential for countries to reshore and automate previously outsourced IT occupations, the Global South’s IT services appear vulnerable to the displacing effects of AI. Yet, existing policy responses may be insufficient to address that challenge.
June 10, 2024
A Techno-Economic Agenda for the Next Administration
The next administration needs to place innovation, productivity, and competitiveness at the core of its economic policy. To that end, this report offers a comprehensive techno-economic agenda with 82 actionable policy recommendations.
June 6, 2024
How to Improve the American Privacy Rights Act
America desperately needs a federal privacy law—but it needs the right federal privacy law. In its current state, APRA is not that law. But with a few important changes, it could be.
June 3, 2024
How to Address Children’s Online Safety in the United States
Protecting children from online harms requires a careful balance between ensuring safety and safeguarding free speech, user privacy, and parents’ rights. The most effective approach would split responsibility between the government, parents, and online services.
May 28, 2024
US State and Regional Energy Innovation Index: Combined Statistical Area Dataviz
Detailed statistical profiles of the clean energy innovation ecosystems in 180 combined statistical areas across the United States.
May 28, 2024
US State and Regional Energy Innovation Index
Vibrant regional energy innovation ecosystems are important for any national net-zero strategy. But to understand the potential contributions they can make to the price and performance of clean energy technologies, we must first benchmark the resources they bring to bear.
May 28, 2024
US State and Regional Energy Innovation Index: State Dataviz
Detailed statistical profiles of the clean energy innovation ecosystems in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
May 28, 2024
US State and Regional Energy Innovation Index: Metropolitan Division Dataviz
Detailed statistical profiles of the clean energy innovation ecosystems in 37 metropolitan divisions across the United States.