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A Sovereign-Wealth Lesson

A Sovereign-Wealth Lesson

In his op-ed 'A Sovereign-Wealth Fund to Keep America's Technological Edge' (July 16), Pat Gelsinger cites the sovereign wealth funds of Norway and Singapore as good examples. But these are relatively small and homogeneous states. It would be far more difficult for a large and heterogeneous country such as ours to coalesce and spend our tax dollars wisely, as there are so many competing interests. The track record here so far is instructive. One loses count of the billions in U.S. government grants and loans to failed businesses.
Ari Weitzner
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