Chakaia Booker, Acid Rain, 2001, rubber tires and wood, overall: 120 x 240 x 36 inches; each armature (3 total): 80 x 48 x 1 inches; tire pallet (12 total): 22 x 48 x 40 inches. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. Museum purchase: Members’ Acquisition Fund © Chakaia Booker. Photo by Lee Stalsworth.

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Innovation Policy

Innovation is at the core of scientific and technological advance and economic growth. Fields ranging from artificial intelligence to blockchain systems, social media to precision gene editing, are rapidly innovating and opening new opportunities—often creating new problems along the way. The essays in this section examine the promise and peril of innovation, with a particular focus on the economic impacts of scientific and technological change.