The Technology Pork Barrel

by Linda R. Cohen

Book Overview

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American public policy has had a long history of technological optimism. The success of the United States in research and development contributes to this optimism and leads many to assume that there is a technological fix for significant national problems. Since World War II the federal government has been the major supporter of commercial research and development efforts in a wide variety of industries. But how successful are these projects?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815715072
• ISBN13: 9780815715078
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"