Keeping America Competitive
In his landmark 2005 bestseller The World Is Flat, newspaper columnist Thomas L. Friedman painted a dramatic picture of how the jet plane and telecommunications have combined to shrink the globe and make it a level playing field for international business.
Keeping Our Economy Strong and Competitive
On Feb. 1, the U.S. Labor Department reported that, for the first time in nearly two-and-a-half years, the American economy lost jobs.
Innovation is the key to American competitiveness
Just a little over 50 years ago – October 4, 1957 – Americans complacent with their nation’s world leadership role in the wake of World War II were jolted by the beep-beep radio signals emitted by a beach ball-sized object circling our planet. The Soviet Union had launched the first man-made object in space. “Sputnik” punctured our balloon of self-satisfaction and elevated our fears.
