The major ways to promote economic health are to encourage technological
development, to increase the quantity or quality of a nation's productive
resources--more or better-trained workers, better equipment and methods--and
to engage in trade with other nations.
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Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Science and technology in society Grades 5-8, page 169 Science and technology have advanced through contributions of many different people, in different cultures, at different times in history. Science and technology have contributed enormously to economic growth and productivity among societies and groups within societies. |