January 16, 2009 - 02:27 pm
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Science-friendly White House could mean big bucks for Colorado

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The Economist writes in Blessed are the geeks, for they shall inherit the Earth that President-elect Barack Obama’s appointments of prominent scientists to key agencies and advisory councils signals a decisive shift in public policy and political decision-making by the new chief executive in contrast to his predecessor.

With Colorado ranking third in the nation on the Milken Institute’s Technology and Science Index — a measure of state human capital and intellectual property assets that can be leveraged for economic development — Obama’s nerdy spheres of influence could reap big rewards for the Centennial State.

From the Economist:

ONE of the stranger beliefs of some politicians is that if they treat nature like a troublesome opponent and ignore it, it might go away and stop bothering them.

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Interesting information


09/09/09 5:54 pm

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