The advance of technology is catalyzed by the incentives established by the government. A wise incentive structure produces robust technology growth and the wealth of the population that that technology brings.
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 1:01 AM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which > permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the > work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, > and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny > minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of > a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. > > This is known as 'bad luck.' > > > -- Robert Heinlein >
