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The world is NOT flat. It's spiky
March 19, 2008
Population and economic energy are both increasingly concentrated. Of the roughly 170,000 patents granted in 2003 in the United States -- which gets applications for nearly all major inventions worldwide -- nearly 80% went to Americans, Japanese, and Germans.
The next 10 most innovative countries -- the usual suspects in Europe, plus Taiwan, South Korea, Israel, and Canada -- produced another 15%. The rest of the world accounted for only 5%, with India and China responsible for just 0.4%.
Image: The Statue of Liberty in New York. | Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images
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