Publications

If cancer deaths were to be fully eliminated by 2030, over the subsequent 35 years, 30.7 million deaths would be averted, saving 380 million years of life. These additional years of life would also yield substantial economic benefits, as each year of life generates economic value, increased productivity, and tax revenue.

Chinese industrial policy is reshaping global manufacturing and impacting every U.S. state. The result is growing risk to American industry, jobs, and national security.

Country cases show that the Trump administration’s tariffs have had a paradoxical effect. They have given Washington short-term leverage in some bilateral negotiations, especially with countries seeking improved access to the U.S. market or deeper security and technology ties. But they have also accelerated a global search for optionality.

Despite Magnifica Humanitas’s discussion of AI and economic power, today’s AI market remains highly competitive, and policymakers should be cautious about using monopoly fears to justify heavy-handed regulation.

As new technologies such as AI expand both user-directed and provider-driven personalization capabilities in digital systems, policymakers should ensure that personalization strengthens transparency, accountability, and user control rather than constrain its development.

As AI-powered cyber threats become more advanced, the federal government should modernize the CyberCorps SFS program by integrating AI-security training, reforming cyber hiring pipelines, and expanding training infrastructure to build a stronger cybersecurity workforce.

The survival of the Federal Trade Commission’s specious consumer protection claims against Uber over the rideshare company’s popular subscription service perpetuates yet another flawed lawsuit against Big Tech.

The EU is increasingly imposing digital fines based on firms’ global turnover rather than local revenue—a structure that disproportionately targets large U.S. technology companies. As other countries adopt similar regulatory models, Washington must push back before the European playbook becomes the global standard.

For policymakers to bolster their regional innovation capacity and global competitiveness, they first must know where they stand. This report benchmarks 48 regions across Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Serbia on 13 commonly available innovation indicators.

While ITIF applauds the the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission’s steps toward creating a better HSR form, it remains concerned about several means of expanding the scope of HSR review that would result in costs that far outweigh any benefits.