06.14.2020 - By NPR
In this bonus episode, the team at NPR's Planet Money brings us a story on patents in the U.S. Dr. Lisa Cook found a blindspot in a big theory on innovation: the idea that if we just make strong patent laws, innovation will come. True for some, not true for others. Her research has huge implications for Black Americans — and for the wealth of entire countries. But convincing her colleagues took a lot more than data.