Image by Getty Images via Daylife A recent article in “Technology Review” profiles Austan Goolsbee, a professor at the University of Chicago School of Business & senior economic advisor to Barack Obama. I was surprised by a comment he made suggesting that as healthcare spending continues to expand, he can see it becoming a central driver of economic growth, if not, a major foundation of economic growth. Indeed, the end product of all this bioscience is much more valuable than a new car or big-screen LCD television. I’m hoping we’ll hear more on this new perspective in the coming months (and 4 years).
