BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX The United States is the leading country in the world in scientific research and in applying the results of research and development (R&D) to practical economic problems. The U.S. relies on high-tech industries and intellectual property for its competitive edge in the global economy. The country exports high-tech goods and intellectual property ...
Reposted from Science magazine, December 14, 2001. Editors Note:Unforeseen consequences and/or a failure to anticipate the ways in which complex institutions and people respond to opportunity and crisis can create messes that are hard to clean up. Perhaps this is the best way to understand the structural flaws that hold down earnings and restrict opportunities in the biosciences labor market. The...
