Comparing the 2012 Presidential Candidates Technology and Innovation Policies, September 12, 2012. Stephen Ezell, Robert D. Atkinson, Daniel Castro, Matthew Stepp and Richard Bennett. Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
“Despite the obligatory acknowledgment of innovations central role in U.S. economic growth, the 2012 campaign has not yet seen a serious conversation emerge regarding the policies sorely needed to revitalize U.S. innovation-based economic competitiveness. Moreover, rather than adopt an all of the above approach to innovation policy that includes corporate tax and regulatory reform as well as increased federal investment in research and development (R&D), digital infrastructure, and skills, the candidates stress policies from each column, with Governor Romney focusing more on the former and President Obama more on the latter. This is unfortunate. For, as we write in the book Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage, U.S. policymakers need to recognize that the United States is engaged in a fierce race for innovation-based economic growth. To win this race, the United States will need to adopt a new, bipartisan Washington Innovation Consensus that places science, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship at the center of economic policy-making and recognizes that both parties bring good ideas to the table in this regard. This report highlights the candidates’ technology and innovation policies with the aim of amplifying the national dialogue around bolstering innovation-based economic growth. The report begins with an overview of each candidates general philosophy on technology, innovation, and trade policy, and then compares the candidates specific policy positions across 10 policy areas.”
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