It Is Argued That High-Tech Industries Typically Generate New Technologies

Multiple Choice

It is argued that high-tech industries typically generate new technologies but cannot fully appropriate the commercial benefits associated with their inventions or discoveries. If this is TRUE, then in order to maximize a country's real income, the government should

A) tax the high-tech firms.
B) subsidize the high-tech firms.
C) protect the high-tech firms.
D) outsource high-tech production.
E) discourage high-tech investments.