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Innovation is vital to our economy and is the key to a prosperous American future. The Innovation Movement is an engaged community of CEA members, technology professionals and all Americans who realize innovation is the key to American global leadership. Members of The Innovation Movement are provided information on how to make their voices heard on legislation that may harm innovation.
- A Trade War Doesn't Gain Anyone Any Economic Traction
No one ever won a trade war. It seems like anyone who gets involved in a trade war ends up getting dragged into the economic version of a military quagmire. We all end up just getting stuck in the mud.
While the beating on the trade-war drums may have muffled a bit, it's worth noting that wars have started over lesser things than the price of tires and chicken feet. President Obama's decision to increase tariffs on some Chinese tires and Beijing's threat to retaliate with higher import fees on chicken parts may be just another tit-for-tat in our complex relationship with China, but it does lead one to ponder just where Obama's going with trade. More.
- We Need to Keep Our Eyes on the Innovation Prize
Americans won another Nobel this week. This time it's in medicine for the work that three scientists did on an esoteric problem of cell biology. Their discoveries were made 20 years ago when the scientists were doing basic research on a question that seemed to have no practical purpose. As it turned out, they unlocked a door that opened up our understanding of cancer and diseases related to aging.
The research by Elizabeth H. Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco; Carol W. Greider of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; and Jack W. Szostak of Massachusetts General Hospital on what are known as telomeres, turned out to define when a cell stops dividing. This information is important because short telomeres play a role in certain diseases of aging, and in cancer -- a disease in which control of cell proliferation is lost. More.
- G20 Summit -- Can We Capture Lighting in a Bottle?
The G20 Summit held last week in Pittsburgh should have been named the Gee Twenty Summit. Every leader in the two-score nations meeting in Pittsburgh understands that innovation -- that gee whiz factor -- drives the new economy. Americans haven't forgotten what it takes to be inventive. Whether it's the 98 percent perspiration or the two percent inspiration that Edison enumerated, the nation still has what it takes. It's not so much that we've allowed ourselves to slip, but it's that other nations see our formula, and have been putting it to better use. Read more.
Executive Commentaries and Speeches
Read transcripts from speeches by industry advocate Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of CEA. You may also read Gary Shapiro's blog on The Huffington Post.
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