Most importantly, key economic and development issues of today, sustainability, dynamic development, innovation, and technology, actually foster the role of the state in economic growth. (See Reinert 1999) The Schumpeterian, innovation-based world cannot be imagined without a capable state actor. If we follow Carlota Perez' theory of Techno-Economic Paradigm Shifts (2002), then we are now entering the synergy phase of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) surge or Kondratieff , which requires a particularly active state with strong administrative capacity. And after all, these insights form much of the basis of the EU's main development program, the Lisbon Stragegy, which puts innovation as the basis of national and EU development, thus absolutely requiring a capable state. Even in light of the current crisis of the EU, as well as of the problems of the Lisbon Strategy's implementation and ongoing dilution, the centrality of this agenda remains undiminished
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