Andrew Blackman

We asked economists from across the political spectrum for their policy prescriptions. Their suggestions run the gamut. “USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. In its first 250 years, the U.S. has seen periods of shared prosperity alternating with eras like the Gilded Age, in which income inequality spiked. Recent decades have seen inequality on the rise again.

これまでの25年間は目まぐるしい技術革新の連続だった。最先端技術は、PDA（携帯情報端末）の「パームパイロット」や折り畳み式携帯電話機からモバイルインターネット、人工知能（AI）、ゲノム配列解析などへと進化してきた。 これからの25年間ではどこへ向かうのだろうか。5人の技術専門家に、次の四半世紀で実現すると思われる大きなイノベーションを一つずつ予測してもらった。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Their names are legendary. Edison invented the lightbulb as we know it. Newton wrote the law of universal gravitation, inspired by a falling apple. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8