How the number of CCIEs could be a useful economic indicator of a country’s technological prowess

What’s a good measure for economists to use to predict which countries will be technology powerhouses?

Count the number of CCIEs for any given country. Brad Reese on Cisco points to a column by PBS contributor Robert X. Cringely, who does some CCIE and GDP math and concludes that China and Korea could be regional leaders in 30 years. Read how to came to that conclusion here.

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