John Alic writes and consults on policy issues related to technology and science. As a staff member at the congressional Office of Technology Assessment from 1979 to 1995, he directed studies on international competitiveness and technology policy. He is a co-author of "Beyond Spinoff: Military and Commercial Technologies in a Changing World," which appeared in 1992, and New "Rules for a New Economy: Employment and Opportunity in Postindustrial ""America," a Century Foundation book published in 1998. Alic is also author or co-author of many over 100 papers, articles, case studies, and book chap...