The U.S. designs nifty iPhones and deadly weapons, but in measures that really matter, like education and green tech, we're being upstaged by other nations. In recent years, we have been systematically dis-investing in our collective capacity for innovation. Why is the engine of American ingenuity running off the rails, and what needs to be done to get us back on track?

This program was funded by listeners like you.

Guests: 

John Kao, Chairman and CEO, Kao & Co.
Esther Dyson, EDVenture Holdings

Credits: 

Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Naihma Deady, Matt Fidler
Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz
Music in this program: "Behind the Mask" - Eccodek - White Swan; "A United Earth I" - Alan Stivell and Youssou N'Dour - Putumayo World Music; "Forever Unanswered" - Eccodek - White Swan; "Creative Engine" - Knifeinwater - Pan Records; "Them Changes" - Bobby McFerrin - Capitol Records.

Duration: 55:00 minutes

Original airdate: 
Tue, 2009-07-07

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