Bigger is better, or so goes the refrain. Whether it is mega grocery stores, super movie theatres, gigantic airplanes and ships, towering skyscrapers, mammoth sport utility vehicles, or limitless storage space on an iCloud, when something is colossal, we take interest.
In business, firms and banks strive to grow larger and economically omnipotent, manufacturers angle to gain near-total control over the production of goods and materials, and labor unions continue to exert monopolistic power over the labor force.
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Wednesday that a naval facility in Rhode Island is doing what the entire Defense Department should do: develop technology more quickly.
Carter made the comments about the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport after he visited the center to see the latest in unmanned vehicles and other undersea technologies.
