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The Paramount Question: Do Countries Actually Want Growth?
Unless we can restore the growth imperative in the West, we can—no surprise—expect slower, or in the case of some countries like Canada and the UK…
Sep 26
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Robert D. Atkinson
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Hey, AI Job Doomers: Wanna Bet?
Claims that AI-driven job destruction is inevitable could not be further from the truth. AI will boost U.S. productivity and spread new income across…
Sep 18
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Robert D. Atkinson
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Brussels’ Strategic Choice: Forge a Western Alliance to Prevail Over China, or Triangulate and Lose
It should be clear that unless Western, democratic, market-based economies start working together instead of against each other, China will dominate.
Sep 16
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Robert D. Atkinson
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Is It Too Much to Ask for a Third Way Beyond Free Trade and Constrained Trade?
Trade policy should focus first and foremost on defense, dual-use, and enabling sectors and largely ignore nonstrategic sectors.
Sep 10
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Robert D. Atkinson
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Abundance of Meh
The cool new movement among policy wonks won’t make a dent in ensuring America wins the existential techno-economic trade war we’re fighting with China.
Sep 8
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Robert D. Atkinson
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August 2025
The Green Light: Blame Washington for Corporate America Investing in China
For 40 years, the U.S. government sent implicit and often explicit messages to American firms: Invest in China.
Aug 23
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Robert D. Atkinson
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Time for at Least One US University to Offer a Graduate Degree in Industrial Policy
NSF’s TIP Directorate should fund at least one university to establish a graduate program focused on industrial strategy and economic warfighting.
Aug 8
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Robert D. Atkinson
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The American Business Creed: What’s Right and What’s Wrong
To beat China, the U.S. must revitalize many of the core principles in the 1950s business creed and foster a business community that embraces a national…
Aug 1
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Robert D. Atkinson
July 2025
The False Case for Cooperation With China
Engagement always comes at a price. The CCP is realist to the core, caring only about China. When it sees the U.S. government requesting cooperation, it…
Jul 25
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Robert D. Atkinson
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Three Cheers for Industrial Policy
Fellow advocates of industrial policy, join me in being outspoken. You have nothing to lose but your intellectual chains and U.S. techno-economic…
Jul 22
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Robert D. Atkinson
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Mission-Oriented Innovation or Mission-Enabled Innovation?
What’s more likely to boost growth and tech leadership: a targeted innovation strategy for robotics or one focused on cleaner oceans? Just asking.
Jul 18
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Robert D. Atkinson
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What’s Going on With All the Manufacturing Decline Deniers?
There are two core reasons for manufacturing decline denialism: fear of protectionism and blind faith in market forces.
Jul 15
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Robert D. Atkinson
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