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Jump-starting America : how breakthrough science can revive economic growth and the American dream / Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson.

Lippincott Library HC110.T4 G78 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gruber, Jonathan, author.
Johnson, Simon, 1963- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Economic development.
United States.
Economic development--United States.
Physical Description:
xiii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2019.
Summary:
The untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen and how we can do it again. - publisher's website.
Contents:
1 For Our Comfort, Our Security, Our Prosperity p. 15
2 Whatever It Takes p. 41
3 Descent from the Heavens p. 61
4 The Limits of Private Research and Development p. 85
5 Public R&D: Pushing Frontiers and Promoting Growth p. 113
6 America: Lands of Opportunity p. 137
7 Innovation for Growth p. 169
8 Big Science and the Industries of the Future: If Not Us, Then Who? p. 197.
Notes:
Map inside front cover and "102 places for Jump-Starting America" inside back cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-325) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Gruber, Jonathan, author. Jump-starting America
ISBN:
9781541762480
1541762487
OCLC:
1048432946

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