Comments on: Innovation, Jobs, and the Economic Future of the US http://joe.zawodny.com/index.php/2009/09/04/innovation-jobs-future/ Observations Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:02:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe Zawodny » DeGlobalization http://joe.zawodny.com/index.php/2009/09/04/innovation-jobs-future/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Joe Zawodny » DeGlobalization Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:30:36 +0000 http://joe.zawodny.com/?p=488#comment-357 [...] and the lack of sufficient quality jobs in the US runs the risk unrest. See my earlier post on the subject of jobs. Globalization has failed mostly due to the inability of the market to raise the standards of [...] [...] and the lack of sufficient quality jobs in the US runs the risk unrest. See my earlier post on the subject of jobs. Globalization has failed mostly due to the inability of the market to raise the standards of [...]

]]> By: Hooda Thunkit http://joe.zawodny.com/index.php/2009/09/04/innovation-jobs-future/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Hooda Thunkit Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:26:14 +0000 http://joe.zawodny.com/?p=488#comment-354 Joe, That was an eye-opening article. And the author accurately points out that corporations are no longer willing to invest in pure research when there is no payoff every 90-days; they need to adjust their thinking to look at gains over decades, not quarters. I fear that they[the corporations] will leave the pure research to the government; an organization notoriously unreliable at staying the course over the long haul. As you have stated, congress to address long-term, fundamental/pure research if we are to recapture our former stature and reap the benefits that pure, fundamental research eventually produces. Our country has plenty of coal, oil, oil shale and natural gas, so research on making these fuel sources CLEAN would seem to be a high priority. Further, medical research on developing cures vs. control of disease would also seem to be a worthy effort. Joe,

That was an eye-opening article.

And the author accurately points out that corporations are no longer willing to invest in pure research when there is no payoff every 90-days; they need to adjust their thinking to look at gains over decades, not quarters.

I fear that they[the corporations] will leave the pure research to the government; an organization notoriously unreliable at staying the course over the long haul.

As you have stated, congress to address long-term, fundamental/pure research if we are to recapture our former stature and reap the benefits that pure, fundamental research eventually produces.

Our country has plenty of coal, oil, oil shale and natural gas, so research on making these fuel sources CLEAN would seem to be a high priority.

Further, medical research on developing cures vs. control of disease would also seem to be a worthy effort.

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