18 de janeiro de 2010

Para perceber o mundo, ora bem, são necessárias estatísticas...

E estas são mesmo interessantes, sem mais qualificações (tirem as vossas conclusões sobre o futuro - o artigo deve ser lido na totalidade):

Op-Ed Columnist - The Tel Aviv Cluster - NYTimes.com: "But it’s more likely that Israel’s economic leap forward will widen the gap between it and its neighbors. All the countries in the region talk about encouraging innovation. Some oil-rich states spend billions trying to build science centers. But places like Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv are created by a confluence of cultural forces, not money. The surrounding nations do not have the tradition of free intellectual exchange and technical creativity. For example, between 1980 and 2000, Egyptians registered 77 patents in the U.S. Saudis registered 171. Israelis registered 7,652."

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