Robert D. Atkinson
Dr. Robert D. Atkinson is president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, the leading think tank for science and technology policy. He is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and policy adviser whom The New Republic has named one of the “three most important thinkers about innovation,” Washingtonian has called a “tech titan,” and Government Technology has put in the 25 top “doers, dreamers and drivers of information technology.”
His books include Big Is Beautiful: Debunking the Mythology of Small Business (MIT Press, 2018); Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale, 2012), Supply-Side Follies: Why Conservative Economics Fails, Liberal Economics Falters, and Innovation Economics is the Answer (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), and The Past And Future Of America’s Economy: Long Waves Of Innovation That Power Cycles Of Growth (Edward Elgar, 2005).