[glaucon]

> The public sector builds the infrastructure

It's a little off your point but there was an amusing book published a few years ago which went through twelve, from memory, technologies on which the iPhone was totally dependent and which had all been developed out of the public purse.

Can't remember what it was called so if anyone recognises it I'd be interested to hear.

[imranq]

There is this book by Mariana Mazzucato: The Entrepreneurial State: debunking public vs. private sector myths

I haven't read it, but from the TOC, it looks like these are the technologies that are "invented" by public sector that the iPhone (and other smartphones) rely on:

* Giant magnetoresistance (GMR), SPINTRONICS programme and hard disk drives

* Solid-state chemistry and silicon-based semiconductor devices

* From capacitive sensing to click-wheels

* From click-wheels to multi-touch screens

* Internet and HTTP/HTML

* GPS and SIRI

* Battery, display and other technologies

ref: https://cms.marianamazzucato.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/...

Summary HBR article: https://hbr.org/2013/03/taxpayers-helped-apple-but-app