agreed. the other problem in russia is that the oligarchs who grabbed all the businesses in the 1990s - with the cooperation of a massively subverted, corrupt government - still have residual power (they own a lot of assets and they offer big salaries) the public sector is a monolith so the ability to have a disciplined intersection between government and business is low. the us has very fluid relationships between government and business (critics call it the revolving door) and it is deeply corrupt. but it does mean that inventions get deployed quickly (example is the nih and pharma)
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