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The Role Of The Public Sector In Technology Development: Generalizations From General Purpose Technologies

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Ruttan, Vernon W.
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In the new science and technology policy literature that emerged in the early 1980s it was held, while public support for science is appropriate, public support for technology development represents an unproductive use of public resources. The perspective that emerges in my recent book, Technology, Growth and Development: An Induced Innovation Perspective is quite different. Government has played an important role in technology development and transfer in almost every U.S. industry that has become competitive on a global scale.

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Paper provided by University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics in its series Staff Papers with number 13563.

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