Disagreements over how to craft Internet policy have become more and more contentious and political. Beyond the technical and engineering aspects are economic questions, and the points of view of various stakeholders and participants on such network policy issues stem from differing economic...

Cover -- Contents -- 1 The Race for Global Innovation Advantage -- 2 Explaining U.S. Economic Decline -- 3 Learning from the Wrong Master: Lessons from U.K. Industrial Decline -- 4 Why Do So Many Refuse to See U.S. Structural Economic Decline? -- 5 What Are Innovation and Innovation Policy and...

Intro -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- The Progressive Power of Creative Destruction -- I: Jobs, Living Standards and Well-Being -- Translating Innovation Into Increases in Living Standards -- Good Jobs in an Era of Technological Disruption -- The Promise of Data Innovation -- The...

The race for global innovation advantage -- Explaining U.S. economic decline -- Learning from the wrong masters: lessons from UK industrial decline -- Why do so many refuse to see U.S. structural economic decline? -- What are innovation and innovation policy and why are they important? --...

This important book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way, and while other nations are making support for technology and innovation a central tenet of their economic strategies and policies, America lacks a robust innovation policy. What...