The US continues to excel, with huge recent breakthroughs in Mars exploration and genomics, though it is now imperiling that excellence through budget cuts. Meanwhile, Sweden and South Korea are now excelling economically on the basis of R&amp;D spending of around 3.5% of GDP, while Israel’s R&amp;D outlays stand at a remarkable 4.7% of GDP.
在这个技术竞争极为激烈的年代，公共和私人研发融资相结合的国家表现优于其他国家。近期美国在火星探索和基因学上的巨大突破使其继续傲视同侪，但预算削减已经威胁到了这一点。与此同时，瑞典和韩国的研发支出约为GDP的3.5%并以此取得了经济上的极佳表现，而以色列的研发支出占GDP比例则达到了令人瞩目的4.7%。