Driving growth by nurturing entrepreneurs and startups

The Kauffman Foundation and Brink Lindsey have just released some interesting new research. Brought to you by the same people who found that US job growth is driven almost entirely by startups. Their new research focuses on how governments in developed countries can continue to drive job growth that has otherwise slowed down:

The more uncertain things get, the only way to cope with that uncertainty is ceaseless trial and error... as we've learned the primary carriers of ideas are entrepreneurs with new companies... The way to keep things going is to make things favorable to new entrepreneurs.

Their study provides a roadmap for policymakers on how they can encourage and support entrepreneurs.