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American Culture and the Decline of the Digital Spirit: Part II
The culture of digital and AI opposition is a growing threat to American prosperity and power. Unless we return at least to neutrality, other nations…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
American Culture and the Decline of the Digital Spirit: Part I
Culture matters. Just as England’s discomfort with industrialization weakened its economy, today’s U.S. elite skepticism risks becoming a collective…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
The Case Against Allowing Chinese Factories in America
Letting Chinese EV and battery firms build in America wouldn’t revive manufacturing. It would reduce U.S. market share, hollow out domestic…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
2026: The End of the Western Alliance and the Emergence of China
Davos made clear that many “allies” would rather denounce the United States and chase access to Chinese markets than bear the burdens required to…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
Big Tech Is Not the “Main Enemy”: Techno-Nationalist Opposition to America Is Nothing New
In every wave of U.S. industrial leadership, other nations have attacked American multinationals, especially tech firms, for blatantly protectionist…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
The Era of Global Free Trade Is Over: Time for the Era of Strategic Partnerships
Trade is not an end in itself; it is a tool the U.S. should use to build allied power and constrain the CCP. We must move beyond trade agreements toward…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
Misunderstanding the British Industrial Revolution Is Reinforcing Technology Pessimism About AI
Detractors of capitalism argue that it took over fifty years for the British Industrial Revolution’s benefits to reach average workers. That narrative…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
Hey EU, Did Ya See the Memo?
Europe, your vision of a green, integrated, and non-disruptive world is lovely. But it’s time to wake up and build the industrial and military…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
Innovation Doesn’t Equal Productivity, and Patents Don’t Always Represent Innovation
Economists’ reliance on R&D and patent metrics distorts our understanding of productivity growth. Time to correct the conclusion: Here’s why these…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
Worker-Oriented Republicanism Is Not an America First Agenda
A pro-worker agenda isn’t the same as a “national greatness” agenda. Workers are an interest group like any other: sometimes aligned with what’s best…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
Unions and Their Drag on Productivity and Competitiveness
Unions are interest groups, and America’s challenges require every group to put the national interest ahead of narrow self-interest. Yes, including…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
The CCP’s Useful Idiots
We see plenty of “useful idiots” today. They no longer carry the Bolsheviks’ water, but rather parrot the CCP line as they disparage the West and praise…
 • Robert D. Atkinson
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