There is this book by Mariana Mazzucato: The Entrepreneurial State: debunking public vs. private sector myths I haven't read it, but from the TOC, it looks lik

There is this book by Mariana Mazzucato: The Entrepreneurial State: debunking public vs. private sector myths I haven't read it, but from the TOC, it looks like these are the technologies that are "invented" by public sector that the iPhone (and other smartphones) rely on: * Giant magnetoresistance (GMR), SPINTRONICS programme and hard disk drives * Solid-state chemistry and silicon-based semiconductor devices * From capacitive sensing to click-wheels * From click-wheels to multi-touch screens * Internet and HTTP/HTML * GPS and SIRI * Battery, display and other technologies ref: https://cms.marianamazzucato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TOC_Entrepreneurial_State.pdf https://cms.marianamazzucato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/... Summary HBR article: https://hbr.org/2013/03/taxpayers-helped-apple-but-app https://hbr.org/2013/03/taxpayers-helped-apple-but-app