Toward a US technology policy

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Issues in Science and Technology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5414003

Branscomb, L M ^[1]

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1. Harvard Univ., Boston, MA (USA)

The search for a political and economic middle ground between a laissez-faire economic policy and a full-blown industrial policy made little progress until quite recently. A new approach, which appears to have the makings of a consensus, urges the development of a U.S. technology policy, in which the federal government helps develop and provide access to the technical knowledge on which the competitiveness of commercial enterprises depends. Among the advocates of an explicit technology policy are science and technology policy are science and technology policy scholars, civilian high-tech industry executives (including members of the private Council on Competitiveness), some microeconomists, and several influential technology advocates within the Bush administration, including Assistant to the President for Science and Technology D. Allan Bromley, Department of Commerce Undersecretary for Technology Robert White, and former National Science Foundation director Erich Bloch. This article addresses the basics of a technology policy and the steps needed to implement it.

• OSTI ID: 5414003
• Journal Information: Issues in Science and Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Issues in Science and Technology; (United States) Vol. 7:4; ISSN 0748-5492; ISSN ISTEE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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