Is America Falling Off the Flat Earth? (2007) / Chapter Skim
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THE GATHERING STORM
THE GATHERING STORM
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For exam ple, in a recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers poll, 48% of the executives surveyed said they believed that the United States has lost competitive ground in recent years, whereas only 9% believed that the country had moved ahead in this regard. By way of background, the National Academies is an independent, nonpartisan, not for-profit, invitational professional organization consisting of three components.
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First, the report concludes that individual prosperity depends predominantly on individuals having high-quality jobs. It also observes that the same is true of a nation's collective prosperity, in that if there are few high-quality jobs, there are not likely to be sufficient tax revenues to ensure homeland security, provide health care, pay Social Security, or educate the nation's children.
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In fact, many of the demanding challenges facing the country today will require advances in science and engineering, including challenges in providing health care, supplying energy, protecting the environment, ensuring homeland security, finding and providing water, and maintaining a vibrant economy. Paul Peercy, chair of the Engineering Deans Council of the American Society for Engineering Education, observed, "I used to say ‘Look around, everything except the plants is engineered.' Now I say, ‘Look around, everything and some of the plants are engineered.'" 1
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