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I suppose some words of introduction are in order. Around the end of 2014, I conceived the idea of compiling a chronological history of how the USA economy had actually been built, highlighting the role of government in nurturing and promoting science and technology in industry, agriculture, and transportation. This would, of course, directly repudiate the right-wing myths of heroic entrepreneurs as "wealth creators" in a "free market" liberated from the deadening hand of government.