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Joe Biden’s record on science and tech: Investments and regulation for vaccines, broadband, microchips and AI

  • Written by Mark Zachary Taylor, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageMassive support for U.S. computer chip manufacturing will be part of Joe Biden's tech legacy.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

In evaluating the outgoing Biden administration, much news has focused on inflation, immigration or Hunter’s laptop. But as an expert on national competitiveness in science and technology, I have a somewhat different...

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