Economist: The Ideas Economy Mar 23-24 Berkeley

"The leaders in China are engineers. The leaders in the US are lawyers. Draw your own conclusions."
~ Paul Saffo, Visiting Scholar of Stanford University Media X Research Network

"The social rate of return on innovation is greater than the private rate of return on innovation."
~ Christina Romer, Chair White House Council of Economic Advisors

"I'm a fan of people talking to each other regardless of how crazy they are"
~ John Perry Barlow, Founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation

"Three key themes on innovation are need, greed, and speed."
~ Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Correspondent for The Economist

"One of America's great assets as a culture of innovation is our tolerance for failure."
~ John Kao, Author of 'Innovation Nation'

"Innovation is serendipity applied to scale."
~ Tyler Cowen, Professor at George Mason University

"Ideas are cheap, ideas are easy... it's all of the hard work and commitment that happens after the idea that is rare."
~ Scott Berkun, Author of 'Myths of Innovation'


For more information on The Ideas Economy: