That's the real issue. What are these new approaches that will actually work? Many things have been tried before and the track record is very poor. And steppin

That's the real issue. What are these new approaches that will actually work? Many things have been tried before and the track record is very poor. And stepping back is a shortage of funds really the problem holding back innovation? Seems like there is plenty of seed and VC money for good business ideas. I think more and better managed basic research is what the government should focus on. One area that seems obvious is basic energy research which seems grossly underfunded. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=koizumi+research+energy+climate http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=koizumi+research+energy...