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US is stuck in 'innovation rut': Phelps

4:50 AM ET Thu, 23 Jan 2014

The U.S. has been stuck in an "innovation rut" for decades argues Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics and says a change of attitude is needed.

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