If the globalists want Americans to trust them again, they would be better off stopping the insults and fixing the very real trade and globalization problems facing America today.
Publications
October 1, 2021
The greatest challenge to America is workers being laid off through greater efficiency. So, it was a huge relief to see lawmakers finally waking up to the problem this week in a House Judiciary hearing on antitrust, particularly members decrying mergers that increased efficiency, leading to fewer jobs.
September 30, 2021
Some of the French proposals for regulating the digital economy have become so outlandish that it is getting hard to distinguish between real articles printed in Le Monde versus ones you might find on a satirical website like The Onion.
September 29, 2021
Countries that value a rules-based global digital economy need to come together to enact new global data-management rules.
September 27, 2021
The neo-Brandeisian case for more aggressive merger reviews assumes that market concentration is out of control and enforcement has been too lax. Neither is true. Antitrust regulators should recognize that mergers can contribute to innovation, productivity, and competition.
September 27, 2021
As industries become more concentrated, they maintain greater ability to secure returns to the scientific research they produce, while avoiding the disincentive to R&D created by many free-riding competitors.
September 23, 2021
ITIF responds to the Department of Energy’s request for information on the establishment of a new clean energy manufacturing institute, supporting the establishment of a new institute focused on industrial decarbonization and electrification, and the decarbonization of metal manufacturing.
September 23, 2021
In a quest to cut “big tech” down to size, progressives in the United States want to copy Europe’s proposed Digital Markets Act (
September 23, 2021
Regardless of President Rajapaksa’s motives, the logic of his decree banning imports of fertilizers and pesticides is flawed, and if not reversed will only deepen the misery of a population served by a battered economy and plagued by decades of bloody political unrest.
September 23, 2021
ITIF welcomes Canada’s detailed and thoughtful review of copyright implications for AI and the Internet of Things. Central to Canada’s consideration of IP and AI should be a pragmatic and realistic understanding of AI and its capabilities.