Innovation Crisis in Europe

Paper Summary:

The paper presents statistics that highlight a substantial difference in levels of innovation between the US and Europe. The paper asserts that although governments in Europe claim to want innovation, they are unwilling to allow the private sector the fiscal and regulatory freedom to produce it. The paper concludes that as long as European countries do not want innovation, the US and other parts of the world will benefit by a brain drain of talented European entrepreneurs and inventors emigrating to friendlier environments.

Outline:
Introduction
The US versus Europe
European Failures at Innovation
US Innovation Success
Do Europeans Want Innovation? No!
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"First, what is the relative differential in innovation between the US and Europe? Traditional measures, such as the number of patents or the number of Nobel prize winners, may not be the best measure from an economic standpoint. A more direct measure would be: how has job growth, income growth and wealth accumulation compared between Europe and the United States over the past, say, 25 years?
"The comparison shows a stark advantage for the US. The US has created 30 million new jobs since 1982, while Europe (with a larger population) has created just 10 million (EU, 2005). Many of those jobs in Europe came from the public sector, while nearly all growth in US jobs have been in the private sector. Income comparisons are also stark: the US average income per capita in 2007 was over $41,000, while the per capita rates in Germany ($33K), France ($35K) and the UK ($36K) were much lower. If one uses PPP, or Purchasing Power Parity, the actual spendable income in the US is double that of Germany or France, and 60% higher than the UK (BBC, 2002)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• BBC. (2002, March 5). EU unemployment stabilises. BBC News , p. n.p.
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