Public problems: Still waiting on the marketplace for solutions

Conference · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:548682

Gover, J ^[1]; Carayannis, E ^[2]; Huray, P

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)

This report addresses the need for government sponsored R and D to address real public problems. The motivation is that a public benefit of the money spent must be demonstrated. The areas identified as not having appropriate attention resulting in unmet public needs include healthcare cost, cost and benefits of regulations, infrastructure problems, defense spending misaligned with foreign policy objectives, the crime problem, energy impact on the environment, the education problem, low productivity growth industry sectors, the income distribution problem, the aging problem, the propagation of disease and policy changes needed to address the solution of these problems.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 548682
• Report Number(s): SAND--97-2294C; CONF-9708100--; ON: DE98000180; BR: YN0100000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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