I am trying to demonstrate with data that technology is good for society, and
therefore investments in technology should be supported by the government.
The benchmark is the US. In your opinion, which economic (technological or not) milestones in the last 150 years have led the US to become the first economic power of the world?
The Answer
We would recommend you look at David Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg's _Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in 20th-Century America_. It focuses on four locuses of invention -- the internal combustion engine, chemicals, electric power, and electronic -- and it discusses the funding and organization of research, including the role of the government.
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