Europe’s Competitiveness Crisis Requires More Than Technocratic Tinkering

Fixing the EU’s productivity, innovation, and competitiveness crisis requires a fundamental political reorientation. Until it makes that shift, expect…

15 hrs ago • Robert D. Atkinson

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March 2026

Will AI Really Eliminate Entry-Level Jobs?

AI isn’t about to wipe out entry-level jobs. The data says otherwise, history contradicts it, and productivity gains will create new opportunities.

Mar 27 • Robert D. Atkinson

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Polling as Propaganda: How Blue Rose Research’s AI Survey Misleads

A poll built on leading questions, false choices, and fearmongering does not reflect actual public opinion on AI. It shows how to optimize…

Mar 19 • Robert D. Atkinson

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UBI: Unbelievably Bad Idea

Rather than proposing universal basic income as the solution to robots supposedly taking all our jobs, the task should be to improve federal worker…

Mar 12 • Robert D. Atkinson

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WEF Thinks the Sky Is Falling and That We Need a New Growth Model

WEF should articulate a global productivity agenda to make a meaningful contribution, because today's capitalism is not the reason for slow growth in…

Mar 6 • Robert D. Atkinson

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February 2026

We Don’t Want Our Companies to Be Jobs Programs

We should want companies to shed workers they no longer need. Productivity gains flow to lower prices, higher wages, and long-term growth. Don’t slow…

Feb 20 • Robert D. Atkinson

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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…

Feb 13 • Robert D. Atkinson

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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…

Feb 6 • Robert D. Atkinson

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January 2026

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…

Jan 29 • Robert D. Atkinson

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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…

Jan 23 • Robert D. Atkinson

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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…

Jan 16 • Robert D. Atkinson

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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…

Jan 9 • Robert D. Atkinson

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