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 research and development, down from 2 percent in the 1960s. Less investment means fewer chances for breakthroughs like the weapon-seeking robots that saved thousands of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and created a new consumer products category. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an effort to jump-start public R&D.

This segment aired on August 29th, 2019 and features:

• Jump-Starting America

• Authors Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson

• The City of Rochester, New York (ranked #1 in the JSA Technology Hub Index System)

• iRobot, the robotics company based in Bedford, Massachusetts

• Colin Angle, iRobot CEO

• Jennifer Leonard, CEO of the Rochester Area Community Foundation

• Lovely Warren, Mayor of Rochester, New York

• AIM Photonics Institute, a public-private partnership and part of the Manufacturing USA network

• Terry Clas, former Kodak executive

• Yasaman Soudagar, Founder and CEO at Neurescence Inc.