Bridging the Divide: When Policy Profits from Research (Do Ideas Matter? ACADEMY AND Policy) (Lawrence Summers) (Interview‪)‬

In an interview with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), you said, "If one wants to understand why some countries are more successful and some countries are less successful, the answer lies overwhelmingly in their own policy choices." Is there a correlation between nations' integration of academic research into policymaking and their success in the world economy?