How Culture Gives the US an Innovation Edge Over China
Collectivist societies excel at production, while individualistic cultures nurture more invention.
For centuries, great powers have been looking over their shoulders, certain that somebody is gaining on them. In the late 1800s, Imperial Germanyâs ascent unnerved Great Britain, the technology leader at the time. Today, alarm bells are ringing in Washington, D.C., where Chinaâs rapid recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has cemented the notion that it will inevitably replace the United States as the worldâs leading economic superpower. Some now speak of a Beijing consensus rather than a Washington consensus.
Both the Anglo-German and China-U.S. ...
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