不少评论家从当前各种经济困难中得出了相当悲观的结论,这些困难从短期来看是不利于创新的。不过,重要的是,应该从平衡的、长期的角度来评价创新和生产衰退的问题。许多文章,尤其是美国的许多文章,流露出了这样的担忧:西方国家的创新活动比以前减少了。一些统计数字似乎也证实了这一点:研究与发展费用、从事研究与发展的科技人员 Many critics have drawn rather pessimistic conclusions from the current economic difficulties that are not conducive to innovation in the short term. However, it is important that the issue of innovation and production decline be assessed from a balanced, long-term perspective. Many articles, especially many articles in the United States, show the worry that the innovation activities in the western countries have been less than before. Some statistics seem to confirm this: research and development costs, research and development of scientific and technical personnel