In order to build support for public investment in higher-risk innovation, perhaps taxpayers should receive a more direct return, by channeling profits into a public innovation fund to finance the next wave of technologies. When investments are in upstream basic research, the spillover effect across industries and sectors is sometimes enough of a social reward.
为了营造对高风险创新的公共投资的支持，也许纳税人应该获得更加直接的回报——可通过将利润注入公共创新基金为下一波技术融资实现。当投资项目为上游基础研究时，其对各行业和部门的溢出效应或许已能产生足够的社会回报。但其他情况可能需要其他激励。