{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 71: The roots of US innovation clusters","description":"Before Silicon Valley became a byword for innovation, Route 128, outside of Boston, was America's technology highway, connecting the country\u2019s premier technology companies and research facilities. However, this first American high-tech cluster likely would not have developed as it did without one of the biggest shocks to federal R&D funding in US economic history. In a paper in the American Economic Review, authors Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat explain how a World War II research effort jump-started innovation hubs like Route 128 across the United States. Gross and Sampat recently spoke with Tyler Smith about the history of R&D funding in the United States, and the lessons policymakers can take from it. ","author_name":"AEA Research Highlights","author_url":"http:\/\/aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com\/website","html":"