BusinessWeek magazine’s Cover Story “The Radical Future of R&D” hits the nail on the head about the future of technology in America: we’ve failed for the last decade and without immediate public-private initiatives we’re on target to be the technology provider for off-shore manufacturers.

Their story “How Science Can Create Millions of New Jobs” describes how strategic public-private investments can repair the broken U.S. business model and put Americans back to work.

Controversial examples about different approaches: “Big Blue’s Global Lab” and “Microsoft Resarch Keeps Dreaming Big“.

Public-private partnerships set up to tackle strategic American problems are the objective

but it takes legislative action and funding.