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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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