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Innovator’s delight

There is a role for government in innovation, but it’s not in picking winners

13 February 2016

9:00 AM

13 February 2016

9:00 AM

In economically sluggish and uncertain times it is not surprising that our federal politicians should offer us new ideas to get things moving again. So they search for remedies that will promise a brighter future. One solution this time is ‘innovation’ that will allegedly start the economic wheels spinning and — hey presto! — we’re on the way to prosperity again.

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