How the government built Silicon Valley

Published: Aug. 14, 2019, 5:52 p.m.

Silicon Valley has long been seen as the bread basket of commercial technology but a new book by Margaret O'Mara traces the Valley's roots to the federal government and major investments following World War II. Listen to our conversation with O'Mara as she recounts some of the lessons learned and why the relationship may ebb and flow but it'll never fade away.