An NBER working paper by Amitabh Chandra and Connie Xu of Harvard comes to a very different conclusion about output of fundamental knowledge in the life sciences than does David Brooks: https://www.nber.org/papers/w33996
Note in particular Table 1 and Figure 1. The Boston area contributes about as much as all of China.
I appreciate the thorough work you put into these posts. I learn something new every time I read one.
A reference is made to the Chinese Communists.
Is the People's Republic of China communist? What makes it capitalist or communist?
An NBER working paper by Amitabh Chandra and Connie Xu of Harvard comes to a very different conclusion about output of fundamental knowledge in the life sciences than does David Brooks: https://www.nber.org/papers/w33996
Note in particular Table 1 and Figure 1. The Boston area contributes about as much as all of China.