54+ min ago  (1667+ words) Money Up front 2 Newcomers are Willing to Pay 3 Dominant Assurance Contracts: Aligning Incentives, Time, and Money 4 But policies don't achieve their effects by fiat. Regardless of the merits of old policies, unwinding them presents real complications. Without upgrades or replacement,…...

4+ hour, 22+ min ago  (570+ words) Canada is about to make a quiet decision with loud economic consequences. With the previous Competition Commissioner gone and an interim now in place, Ottawa is choosing the official who will decide whether Canadian competition policy is used to discipline…...

12+ hour, 1+ min ago  (129+ words) | Press Releases | Apr 28, 2026 | ITIF'Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) FCC Regulation of Disfavored Speech Is Unconstitutional, Says ITIF WASHINGTON'Following a report that the Federal Communications Commission will order early reviews of eight Disney-owned ABC stations, the Information Technology and Innovation…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (316+ words) Figure 1: Canadian, United States, and rest-of-world R&D per $1, 000 of GDP in advanced industries, 2024 Rest of world: Scoreboard countries excluding Canada and the United States. The gap is not evenly distributed across firm size. Global business R&D is heavily…...

2+ day, 4+ min ago  (688+ words) Canada's cloud debate is asking the wrong question'control, not domestic ownership or server location, is what determines security and resilience in practice. From "Sovereignty" to Enforceable Control 3 The Missing Question: Which Systems Need This Level of Control? 4 Security and Industrial…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (174+ words) 1. Introduction and Summary 1 2. Steering Developments 2 The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) open call for evidence concerning recent developments in Apple's and Google's app store rules. ITIF is…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (771+ words) So, thunder struck, and lo and behold, the temple on high now appears to concede that industrial policy might be okay, at least for lower-income nations. The new tablet, in the form of a report titled Industrial Policy for Development,…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (77+ words) Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) Congress Rightfully Moves Forward on National Data Privacy Framework, Says ITIF WASHINGTON" In response to House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman John Joyce (R-PA) introducing the SECURE Data Act, the Information Technology and…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (243+ words) Earlier this week, fifty members of Congress sent a letter to Korea's Ambassador demanding that Seoul end its targeted policy attacks on American companies operating in Korea. They argued that Korea's discriminatory treatment of U. S. firms threatens not just bilateral trade,…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (753+ words) | Blogs | Apr 21, 2026 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) China's Military Is Cashing in on America's Open Economy When American companies try to do business in China, they often face a labyrinth of restrictions, such as forced technology transfers and limited…...