NR PLUS Science & Tech

Facial-Recognition Technology: Closer to Utopia Than Dystopia

By Robert D. Atkinson November 25, 2019

With the right commercial and governmental rules restricting its use, Americans can be safer and have more convenience with little or no reduction of our precious civil liberties.

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Big Business Is Not the Enemy of the People

By Robert D. Atkinson October 10, 2019

A review of Goliath: The 100-Year War between Monopoly Power and Democracy, by Matt Stoller.

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Higher Productivity Is Good for Workers

By Robert D. Atkinson July 25, 2019

Automation notwithstanding.

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‘Chinese Capitalism’ Is an Oxymoron

By Robert D. Atkinson May 2, 2019

What Beijing rules over is not a market economy.

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Who Lost China?

By Robert D. Atkinson July 26, 2018

Both parties and most economists accepted Beijing’s ‘innovation mercantilism.’

Economy & Business

The War on Big Retail Is Nothing New

By Robert D. Atkinson & Michael Lind April 20, 2018

Whether they know it or not, Amazon’s critics are part of a lineage that stretches back more than a century.

Economy & Business

Decoding China’s Responses to Trump’s Trade Sanctions

By Robert D. Atkinson March 24, 2018

A guide for interpreting their true meaning

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The Trojan Dragon

By Robert D. Atkinson February 2, 2018

Why Chinese mercantilism still threatens U.S. manufacturing.

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The Neo-Brandeisian Attack on Big Business

By Robert D. Atkinson & Michael Lind October 2, 2017

Bigger companies provide higher-wage jobs, lower prices and stronger environmental protection than do smaller ones.

Economy & Business

In Defense of Robots

By Robert D. Atkinson April 21, 2017

The worry that robots will destroy jobs is misguided.