The US as an Innovation Economy

As the United States approaches its semiquincentennial (that is, half of 500 years) July 4, the McKinsey Global Institute offers a report that reads to me as a meditation on long-run US economic growth in “At 250, sustaining America’s competitive edge” (March 9, 2026). The US became the world’s largest economy in 1860, and has kept … Continue reading The US as an Innovation Economy The post The US as an Innovation Economy first appeared on Conversable Economist.