Most innovation capitalism breeds, by far, is better ways to lobby government, better ways to convince customers to pay extra, better ways to get the workforce to tolerate miserable conditions without complaint.
Those are cheap in contrast to new space-age materials and faster microprocessors.
Not sure about that... Getting a whole tree for a single dollar sounds like a good deal! On the other hand, receiving one dollar from a an unknown family is a bit shady - does the family even have a choice here?