The advantages (strength) of the US: "the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed"

Friedman made his comment about American innovation in a New York Times column in 2004. He added it's a result of a multitude of factors that can't duplicated: "extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and failing, a non-corrupt bureaucracy, and financial markets and a venture capital system that are unrivalled at taking new ideas and turning them into global products."

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