Two Views: Government-Corporate Partnerships: Yea or Nay? “The World’s Stage”

My three careers have been in business, government and academia. I have found each to be populated with many extremely talented and dedicated individuals. But these key elements of America’s economy seem to have evolved a relationship that resides somewhere between disconnected and adversarial. As a result, the nation finds itself with a competitive machine wherein the whole is less than the sum of its parts. This matters.

How should government, industry and academia interact so as to maximize America’s global competitive posture? One thing is certain: A centrally managed economy is not the answer. Ask the former Soviet Union about that.

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