“Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive,”
Just to be clear, he obviously doesn't include the 18th century because he is well versed in Philipp Wilhelm von Hornick's Austrian Mercantilism which was still the prevailing theory and practice; and as such Biden knows that risking comparison would prove futile at the very least and more likely invoke scholarly rebuttal. Biden is shrewd as well as being brilliant.
