Invention Is the Mother of Economic Growth: Nathan Myhrvold

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Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- One reason “dismal science” aptlydescribes economics is that it so often winds up in a zero-sumtrade-off of diminishing returns. That gets depressing when theglobal economy is in a sorry state, as it is now.

Most economists gloomily advise us to just tough it out. Nomagical solution can save us.