Nobody's ever come up with a reasonable way to measure "innovation", so right off the bat you know this article is built on a shaky premise. As to manufacturin

Nobody's ever come up with a reasonable way to measure "innovation", so right off the bat you know this article is built on a shaky premise. As to manufacturing, sure, the German manufacturing sector is larger as a percentage of GDP, but you'd expect that, as the German government subsidizes manufacturing to a greater extent that the US (particularly in the area of training).