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

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