Lisa Cook of Michigan State University tells The CORE Project how different institutions can promote or kill innovation, by referring to1990s Russia and analyzing patents by Black and White inventors in the late 19th century in the US. Find out more in the free ebook The Economy, Unit 1.10: https://tinyco.re/TE-1-10, and Unit 21.2: https://tinyco.re/TE-21-2.

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