Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation and growth, all of our brightest youth should have the opportunity to become inventors. But a study we recently conducted, jointly with Neviana Petkova of the U.S. Treasury, paints a very different picture. We found that a...
How Talented Kids From Low-Income Families Become 'Lost Einsteins'
Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation and growth, all of our brightest youth should have the opportunity to become inventors. But a study we recently conducted, jointly with Neviana Petkova of the U.S. Treasury, paints a very different picture. We found that a...
Elon Musk's Rise is Tale of Brilliance, Disruption and Celebrity
By Llewellyn King InsideSources.com  Agents of change are not always welcome. Seldom, in fact. Take Elon Musk, unquestionably an agent of change and not universally celebrated by his peers.  The public loves Musk who has promised them pollution-free solar power, electric cars, space travel and an underground, intercity...
Elon Musk's Rise is Tale of Brilliance, Disruption and Celebrity
By Llewellyn King InsideSources.com  Agents of change are not always welcome. Seldom, in fact. Take Elon Musk, unquestionably an agent of change and not universally celebrated by his peers.  The public loves Musk who has promised them pollution-free solar power, electric cars, space travel and an underground, intercity...