It’s an essential insight about our world: Innovation drives economic growth.
For the U.S. to thrive, it must keep innovating.
But how, and in what areas
A new book co-authored by MIT faculty members focuses on six key areas where technology advances can drive the economy and support national security.
Those sectors – semiconductors, biotechnology, critical minerals, drones, quantum computing, and advanced manufacturing – are all built on U.S. know-how but are also areas where the country has either yielded a lead in production or innovation, or could yet fall behind.
As the book explains, a roadmap for U.S. prosperity and security involves sustaining notable areas of innovation and the national research ecosystem behind them, while rebuilding domestic manufacturing.
‘In each of these areas, there are breakthroughs to be had, where the U.S. can leapfrog competitors and gain an…
