Blog | Jump-Starting America

JSA was featured on PBS NewsHour!

Can an infusion of public R&D investment revitalize a lagging economy? The U.S. government spends about 0.7 percent of GDP on scientific...

Jump-Starting the Opinion Pages

Since Jump-Starting America hit the shelves on April 9th, we’ve been fortunate to have several opportunities to discuss our key findings...

Upcoming Public Talk about Jump-Starting America

Can the United States grow faster, create more good jobs, and genuinely spread opportunity? Yes: by investing more in science and...

“It will be a community of tomorrow that will never be completed…”

- Walt Disney, as reported by the New York Times on February 19, 1967 The late 1960s were an exciting time for Orange County, Florida....

The Superconducting Super Collider: End of the Era of Big Science

The Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) was intended to become the world’s largest particle accelerator. It was originally proposed in...

Total R&D in the United States has been about 2.5% of GDP since 1960.

A lot has changed about the way science gets done in the United States since 1960, but one of the key bottom-line indicators has not: the...