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June 17, 2025|Blogs

Fixing America’s Quality Crisis Starts With Reforming the Baldrige Award

Tariffs and tax breaks won’t fix America’s quality crisis. But perhaps an overhaul of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will.

June 17, 2025|Blogs

No, Social Media is Not Porn

France may label certain social media platforms as porn sites to enforce age checks, a move that misrepresents platform use and raises privacy, free speech, and regulatory concerns.

June 17, 2025|Blogs

MEP Program Critical for Small Manufacturers Underpinning America’s Manufacturing Revival

Small manufacturers power U.S. industry, but many are struggling to compete. Cutting the MEP program would weaken the backbone of America's manufacturing economy.

June 16, 2025|Blogs

ITIF Community Survey: Which Factors Do You Think Put the Most Downward Pressure on Wages?

There are many sources of pressure on wages and household incomes. Take this two-minute survey to share your opinion about which dynamics are most important.

June 16, 2025|Reports & Briefings

The Bayh-Dole Act’s Role in Stimulating University-Led Regional Economic Growth

Universities play a pivotal role in America’s technology economy, serving as a crucial source of research, inventions, patents, start-up technology companies, and regional economic and employment growth. The Bayh-Dole Act has played an instrumental role in spurring academic technology transfer activities that serve as vital drivers of American innovation.

June 16, 2025|Blogs

Fact of the Week: Data Flow and Data Storage Prohibitions Could Have Sizeable Impact on Global GDP

When local data storage regulations are open or with pre-authorized safeguards, global exports are expected to rise by 3.6 percent and global gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to increase by 1.77 percent. When regulations are more stringent against different geopolitical blocs, global exports are expected to decline by 1.76 percent while GDP is expected to fall by 0.94 percent. Regulations that prohibit the flow of data also have a sizable impact with exports declining by 8.45 percent and GDP declining by 4.53 percent.

June 16, 2025|Blogs

Texas’s New Cyber Command Offers a Model for Other States

Texas's new Cyber Command Center strengthens defenses against rising cyber threats and builds a long-term cybersecurity workforce—offering a model other states can follow.

June 14, 2025|Blogs

State Data-Driven Pricing Bans Would Backfire on Consumers

State bans on data-driven pricing could backfire by eliminating personalized discounts that help consumers. A better approach is enforcing existing laws, passing federal privacy rules, and clarifying what fair pricing looks like.

June 13, 2025|Testimonies & Filings

Comments to Japan’s Fair Trade Commission Regarding Draft Guidelines for the Mobile Software Competition Economy Act

Although the Draft Guidelines provide guidance for stakeholders as to how the Act will be enforced, they do not adequately ensure that harms to mobile innovation and Japanese consumers will be minimized.

June 12, 2025|Blogs

The Fantasy of “Uninationals” and the Reality of Why America Needs Multinationals

In reality, we live in a global economy that requires large, integrated firms to advance national success. That means embracing multinationals, not demonizing them.

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