May/June 2009
Can Technology Save the Economy?
The U.S. stimulus bill includes tens of billions to support energy and information technologies. So why are economists and innovation experts so skeptical?
By David Rotman
This is the first of two articles by David Rotman on technology and the federal stimulus package. The second, "Chasing the Sun," appeared in the July/August 2009 issue and examined the impact of spending billions of dollars on renewable energy will have on the future of solar power.
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