The biotech industry may be the greatest economic hope for the New York region — but that hope could be crushed by the liberalism for which the Northeast is known.... Each job in the industry creates another 5.7 jobs elsewhere in the economy, substantially above the average for all industries." California ranks first.... The results are higher than average wages and higher than average real output per worker, $72,600 and $157,300, respectively, in 2003. The Northeast is particularly well suited to capitalize upon the promise of biopharmaceuticals.... Worldwide, the United States dominates the industry — not because its citizens are...