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Rob Atkinson
Rob Atkinson is Founder and President of The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington, DC-based think tank. He is also author of The Past and Future of America's Economy: Long Waves of Innovation that Drive Cycles of Growth.  His focus is on IT and innovation and policy to support them.
Recent Articles by Rob Atkinson
September 23, 2009
Innovation and Its Army of Opponents
More than 50 years ago, noted economist Joseph Schumpeter wrote, "The resistance which comes from interests threatened by an innovation in the productive process is ...
August 17, 2009
Turning Corporate Taxes into an Innovation Spur
As Michael Mandel has written in BusinessWeek, the current U.S. recession is due in part to a shortfall in innovation and competitiveness. Those lags, in turn, can be ...
June 17, 2009
Innovation Economics Can Fight Global Warming
The U.S. House of Representatives may be on the verge of passing the most significant environmental measure since 1990. The bill, named for its sponsors, ...
