Author: Mark Zachary Taylor, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology

In evaluating the outgoing Biden administration, much news has focused on inflation, immigration or Hunter’s laptop. But as an expert on national competitiveness in science and technology, I have a somewhat different emphasis. My research shows that U.S. prosperity and security depend heavily on the country’s ability to produce cutting-edge science and tech. So, how did the Biden administration perform along these lines? Advancing pandemic science and tech President Joe Biden’s immediate challenge after inauguration was to end the COVID-19 pandemic and then shift the economy back to normal operations. First, he threw the weight of his administration behind vaccine…