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Science Technology and the Economic Future edited by Susan Raymond
Whether you surf the net in Tokyo, punch a time clock in Detroit, craft software in Bangalore, or manage billions of dollars of assets in New York, the reality of the vital link joining the mastery of knowledge, technological innovation, and economic growth is everywhere ascendant. Yet there is considerable distance between knowing that something is so and knowing how to make it happen. Sorting out how to best link technology investments to economic growth targets, and ensuring that benefits are maximized, can be difficult. Indeed, deciding what emphasis to give technology policy at all relative to the macroeconomic setting remains a major puzzle. However important technology may be on the shop floor and in the laboratory, its relationship to economic policy priorities can be less clear. The essays in this section address these difficulties in terms of private industry, government initiatives, and military-civilian economic relationships.
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