Choosing the Academic-Industrial-Government Complex or the End of Influence

Choosing the Academic-Industrial-Government Complex or the End of Influence

The End of Influence is an excellent bookand should be read by Democrats and Republicans alike. One of the key virtues of the book is the attention Cohen and DeLong give to some of the assumptions we make about the American economy: they note that while the postwar mixed economy model of the United States, including a strong relationship between business, government, and academia, was very different from the models developed in Europe, the US model was just as statist and interventionist as those in Europe. Indeed, this is one key reason why the US prospered.

The current mantra of "free enterprise, small government, and the government is the problem" is not what led to our once great US economy. Many of our great industries were developed by a strong government; indeed the great industrial empires that are now building in Asia rely on a very strong relationship between government, industry, and academia. If you think, for example, that the US' biotech, semiconductor, and aerospace industries were born of free enterprise...think again. Government enabled these great industries through funding and other support, including a great research base at many academic institutions (UC Berkeley, UCSF, Stanford, Harvard, and MIT to name a few).

Before you pull the handle for your local, yocal tea party candidate, aka unknowing pawns of the overseas multinationals who are ready to eviserate our research institutions, cut support for business innovation, and pull the plug on our manufacturing base, please read this book. Also see an interview with Dr. Stephen S. Cohen at (a live stream from UCTV):

http://uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=18124

Also, please see my related article at: http://www.articlesbase.com/international-business-articles/saving-the-us-economy-effective-involvement-of-government-and-business-3258175.html

Will it be Cin Cin, Bottoms-up, Salute, Kampai, L'chaim, Fisehatak, A votre sante to the American dream for all of us......or do we let it go away in the hands ofthe anti-intellectuals and uninformed?

We're in good hands with Jerry Brown next year at the helm in California, but can Obama pull it together in the next two years for America? I suggest Obama be the man he said he was in his campaign, forget about being relected, and just do those rational things to bring the US economy back to the fore. America be brave, take risks, fund those people and entities that will bring us prosperity, and understand that we are not entitled, and we are no longer the leader of the world in many areas...we need to earn these things again. We are very talented and can do it with good politics.

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