Robert D. Atkinson (@robatkinsonitif) 's Twitter Profile
Robert D. Atkinson

@robatkinsonitif

President, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (@ITIFdc), world's top-ranked tech policy think tank. Proud Hamiltonian, Schumpeterian, & anti-Luddite

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Trump scraps the AI diffusion rule, which would restrict export of certain advanced chips and AI models to much of the world. Huge win for US AI. Big question is what comes next. axios.com/2025/05/07/ai-…

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If the U.S. does not want to lose the tech war to China it needs a National Advanced Technology Agency. Here's the blueprint. itif.org/publications/2…

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Lots of folks on the New Republican Right want tax reform to put families first. Why? This is just more short-term redistribution we can't afford. Time to put company productivity, innovation and competitiveness first. Only if companies are healthy will families be

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.Robert D. Atkinson's latest piece outlines 7 striking parallels between Donald J. Trump's agenda and that of Gilded Age Republicans: 1ļøāƒ£ Tariffs 2ļøāƒ£ Taxes 3ļøāƒ£ Philosophy 4ļøāƒ£ Foreign policy 5ļøāƒ£ Monetary policy 6ļøāƒ£ Business regs & antitrust 7ļøāƒ£ Immigration Good read ā¤µļø

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Google and the DOJ have been hashing out remedies in the search antitrust trial. šŸŽ§ Podcast: Joe Coniglio joins Tech Policy Press's Sunday Show to unpack the case and what it could mean for competition and innovation. What’s at stake? šŸ‘‡ techpolicy.press/taking-stock-o…

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Just when you think ideas could not get dumber here’s one. Great idea; tax companies more if they invest in capital equipment. What could possibly go wrong. If companies lower their productivity they get a lower rate. What???? thehill.com/blogs/pundits-…

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US manufacturing policy must focus on building capabilities in advanced industries, not creating jobs in potato chip factories. This isn’t social policy. It’s national security. Robert D. Atkinson explains in his latest Substack piece ā¬‡ļø policyarena.org/p/forget-gdp-t…

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The ā€œbig is badā€ crowd on the populist right is gaining steam. But here's the inconvenient truth: Large firms pay more, offer better benefits, & lay off workers less. Smashing them won't help workers, it'll hurt them. Robert D. Atkinson explains that ā¤µļø policyarena.org/p/khanservativ…

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For decades, Canada’s innovation policy has been shaped more by comfort than urgency. But with Trump reviving trade war rhetoric, has that security become a liability? Join Robert Asselin, MZT Vents n Rants & Robert D. Atkinson tomorrow at 11 AM to discuss. Register ā¬‡ļø itif.org/events/2025/05…

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It is outrageous that climate fascists suggest that ITIF and other climate realists like Tony Blair Institute for Global Change are climate deniers because we dare to point out that current technologies cannot solve climate change & we need more innovation. policyarena.org/p/climate-utop…