Simon Johnson: Jump-Starting America

Former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, now an
MIT professor, Simon Johnson urges increased investment in basic
research as a way “to convert knowledge into jobs into a way to
share prosperity.” And he argues that this increased investment
should be focused on the middle of the country, “in places where
it makes sense to build a lab and build a cluster of expertise.”


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