The Public Good: Knowledge as the Foundation for a Democratic Society

Without high-quality, knowledge-intensive jobs and the innovative enterprises that lead to discovery and new technology, our economy will suffer and our people will face a lower standard of living.2 Economic strength, which is to say global competitiveness, and national security are the twin motives...

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Published inDaedalus (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 138; no. 1; pp. 8 - 12
Main Author Randel, Don Michael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA The MIT Press 01.01.2009
MIT Press
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Subjects
American literature
American philosophy
Common good
Concert halls
Democracy
Economic growth
Economics
Educational aspects
Epistemology
Influence
International economics
Knowledge
National security
Occupations
Philosophy
Political theory
Public good
Public goods
Religion
Social aspects
Society
United States
Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963)
United States
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Summary:Without high-quality, knowledge-intensive jobs and the innovative enterprises that lead to discovery and new technology, our economy will suffer and our people will face a lower standard of living.2 Economic strength, which is to say global competitiveness, and national security are the twin motives for enhancing the production of knowledge, and this will enable us to remain free and democratic. The production of usefuj knowledge reached extraordinary heights in Germany in the second quarter of the twentieth century and in the former Soviet Union in the third; in neither case did it provide a sufficient foundation for a democratic society.
Bibliography:Winter, 2009
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ISSN:0011-5266
1548-6192
DOI:10.1162/daed.2009.138.1.8