20世纪90年代,美国经济实现了二战后持续时间最长的增长期。在此期间,强大的技术创新能力及其对促进经济发展产生的巨大作用表现得尤为突出。经济学家普遍认为,“发明和专利的指数式增长”是这10年美国经济增长的巨大推动力。尽管包括中国在内的东亚经济取得了举世瞩目的巨大成就,但有些经济学家认为亚洲一系列发展中国家的 In the 1990s, the U.S. economy achieved the longest duration of growth after World War II. During this period, the strong capability of technological innovation and its tremendous role in promoting economic development were particularly prominent. Economists generally believe that the “exponential growth of inventions and patents” is a huge driver of the U.S. economic growth in the past 10 years. Although the East Asian economy including China has made remarkable achievements of its own accord, some economists think that a series of developing countries in Asia