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Save to My PortfolioBoosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation Foundation

Robert Atkinson and Howard Wial, April 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation FoundationTo respond to America’s slipping leadership in commercial innovation the federal government should establish a National Innovation Foundation (NIF)—a nimble, lean, and collaborative entity devoted to supporting firms and other organizations in their innovative activities. By realigning and augmenting the nation’s diffuse present efforts the new entity would help create better jobs in America, not just for highly educated “knowledge workers” but for high school graduates in manufacturing and “low-tech services.” Read More

Competitiveness, Information Technology, Productivity, Technology and Development, Regions and States

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Save to My PortfolioClusters and Competitiveness: A New Federal Role for Stimulating Regional Economies

Karen G. Mills, Elisabeth B. Reynolds and Andrew Reamer, April 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Clusters and Competitiveness: A New Federal Role for Stimulating Regional EconomiesRegional industry clusters—geographic concentrations of interconnected firms and supporting organizations—represent a potent source of productivity at a moment of national vulnerability to global economic competition. For that reason, the federal government should establish an industry clusters program that stimulates the collaborative interactions of firms and supporting organizations in regional economies to produce more commercial innovation and higherwage employment. Read More

Competitiveness, Information Technology, Productivity, Technology and Development, Regions and States

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Save to My PortfolioUsing the Media to Promote Adolescent Well-Being

Ron Haskins, Elisabeth Hirschhorn Donahue and Marisa Nightingale, Spring 2008, Future of Children Policy Brief

Using the Media to Promote Adolescent Well-BeingParents are worried that teens are drowning in messages about sex, smoking, drinking, consumer goods and a host of other behaviors and products that threaten their well-being. This brief advocates using creative media to provide youth with positive messages that counteract the negative damaging messages to which they are exposed. Read More

Children & Families, Information Technology, Internet Policy, Media & Journalism, Technology

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Save to My PortfolioInternet Development in China: Its Impact on Politics and Society

Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Washington, DC

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Save to My PortfolioTelecom Time Warp

Hal J. Singer and Robert W. Crandall, July 11, 2007, The Wall Street Journal

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Save to My PortfolioLeong Defeats Tsang, in the Blogosphere: A Glimpse of the Emergence of New Media in Hong Kong Politics

Rikkie L. K. Yeung, April 13, 2007, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioEconomists' Statement on Network Neutrality Policy

Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan, March 2007, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies

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Save to My PortfolioThe Myth of Network Neutrality and What We Should Do About It

Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan, November 2006, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper

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Save to My PortfolioCompetition and Antitrust Law Can Protect The Internet

Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan, October 03, 2006, The Hill

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Save to My PortfolioThe Supreme Court's Patent Trilogy: An Analysis

Ben Klemens, May 30, 2006, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioCatching the Web in a Net of Neutrality

Robert E. Litan, May 02, 2006, washingtonpost.com

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Save to My PortfolioThe Wired and Inspired City

Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Washington, DC

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Save to My PortfolioSoftware and Law: Is Regulation Fostering or Inhibiting Innovation?

Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Washington, DC

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Save to My PortfolioMath You Can't Use

Ben Klemens, December 01, 2005

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Save to My PortfolioChina's Expanding Use of the Internet and Its Impact on Chinese Society

Thursday, November 17, 2005
Washington, DC

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Save to My PortfolioThe Impact of the New Media: A Live, Inter@ctive Discussion & Webcast

Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBroadband Policy and the Future of American Information Technology

Charles H. Ferguson, 28-Apr-04, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation

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An economist and lawyer who has served in a variety of federal agencies and White House posts, Bob Litan is an expert on antitrust; banking; Internet policy; and other financial and regulatory issues.
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