This finding directly contradicts the article's unsupported assertion. More about Canada . This article reports on the growing number of new companies in Japan, particularly in the high tech sector. At one point it notes obstacles to start-ups in Japan and lists the lack of portable pensions. Actually, pensions in the United States also are generally not portable.
Many workers lose much of their pension earnings if they switch jobs too frequently.
More about the IMF and World Bank . This article investigates the process through which Xalatan, a drug used to treat glaucoma, was developed, and how it has subsequently been marketed. The article points out that the original discovery was made a researcher at Columbia University whose work was being supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health. This researcher, along with Columbia University, was allowed to obtain the patent on the drug, which has made him quite wealthy. The government has received no payback for its support of the research that led to the discovery of Xatalan.