“I think the big challenge that we've got on education is making sure that from kindergarten or prekindergarten through your 14th or 15th year of school, or 16th year of school, or 20th year of school, that you are actually learning the kinds of skills that make you competitive and productive in a modern, technological economy.” ThinkingYearsKindBigsSchoolChallengesEconomyModernSkillsProductiveTechnologicalKindergartenBig Challenges Author:Barack Obama
“The Soviet Union and its empire disappeared in large part because its smokestack economy could no longer keep up with the technological progress of the world's major economic powers.” WorldEconomyProgressEconomicMajorsUnionsEmpiresSovietTechnologicalSoviet UnionEconomic PowerTechnological Progress Book:The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition) Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)
“An exploration of the challenges Korea faces in transforming its economy from a government-directed, low-cost producer to an innovative world economic power based on its own scientific and technological development.” WorldGovernmentFacesChallengesEconomyEconomicDevelopmentCostLowsProducersExplorationTechnologicalInnovativeKoreaTransformingEconomic PowerTechnological Development Author:Lewis M. Branscomb
“The debt austerity would not be problems if we had technological progress. If you doubled the debt in the U.S., and the size of the economy doubled because of technological progress and growth, the two would roughly cancel out and it would all be a totally manageable situation.” IfsTwoProblemGrowthSituationEconomyProgressSizeDebtTechnologicalManageableAusterityTechnological Progress Author:Peter Thiel