Improving innovation
By ron on Feb 29, 2008 in Economist, Innovation

Search engines could be the answer
OVER the past decade, innovation has emerged from the shadows to become a new industrial religion, worshiped by public figures, investors and businessmen alike. Around the world, the rhetoric of innovation unites politicians on the left and right, having replaced the post-war language of welfare economics.
Board members see it as the key to increasing profits and market share. Governments hurl money at it when trying to fix failing economies. But despite being responsible for something like half of all economic growth, and the topic of countless government studies, innovation remains essentially a black art.


Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy,
Gusher of Lies The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence", Robert Bryce
Bad Money, Kevin Phillips
The Great Warming, Brian Fagan
Six Degrees, Mark Lynas
Oil, Upton Sinclair
The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century, James Howard Kunstler
A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World, Peter Tertzakian
Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict, Michael T Klare
Energy Victory Winning The War On Terror, Robert Zubrin