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Published online 17 September 2008 | Nature 455, 273 (2008) | doi:10.1038/455273b
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In the third of our election-themed podcasts available online, Nature looks at where US innovation policy might go under a new president. Excerpts from our panel discussion:
"One of the things I would like to see the candidates understand — I think Obama gets it intuitively, and McCain may be coming around to it — is that technology and innovation drive long-term economic growth … Real national leadership on these issues, on a consistent and ongoing basis, would be what I want to see from the next administration."
Stephen Ezell, senior analyst, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Washington DC
"It's astounding that over the past eight years, the number of computer-science graduates in the United States has decreased by 50%, at a time when computer science became one of the most high-growth job industries.
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