Keynesian and then some... We became the world's leading superpower when we invested heavily in what is, cumulatively, the largest of socialist institutions in the world, known as the US Military... The conservatives love the superpower factor while often overlooking the socialist underpinnings, and are trying to undermine (sell-off) parts in the rare moments when conservatives do express an awareness. The USA became the center of the world of great innovators with a rather massive investment in public education (from pre-K – grade 12, technical/professional certificates, 2 and 4 year college degrees, right up through to post doctoral education and research, etc...). The NIH, CDC, NREL, NASA, DARPA, NSA, NRO, etc... (a list of government offices that support enormous quantities of research and development can be found on the Internet as the Federally Funded Research and Development Centers - FFRDC) keep the United States at the forefront of the deve...