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TECHNOLOGICAL INHERITANCE BELONGS TO ALL OF US
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 06:16:20 -0400
TECHNOLOGICAL INHERITANCE BELONGS TO ALL OF US In October's "Technology Review," Gar Alperovitz argues that the $8 billion in Bill Gates' bank account was derived through thousands of links in a chain of technological development, largely funded by government research. "Plainly put, the way we allocate the benefits of present and past economic activity that stem from the technological inheritance is irrational and unjust." Alperovitz calls for a new economic system based on the notion of common inheritance of wealth generated through government-funded R&D. (Technology Review 10/94 p.31)
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