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IS AMERICA FALLING OFF THE FLAT EARTH?
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From page 2... ... The president of the United States incorporated a number of the Academies' recom mendations in his 2006 State of the Union Address, and various bills were introduced in the Senate and House, almost all on a bipartisan basis, to implement many of the rec ommendations. The continuing resolution that established the federal budget in several relevant fields for FY 2007 provided an important step forward in preparing America for the intensifying global competition for jobs. Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... The World Economic Forum dropped America from first to seventh place in its ranking of nations' preparedness to benefit from advances in information technology; the number of US citizens entering engineering school declined still further; the remnants of the legendary Bell Labs, the birthplace of the laser and the transistor and the home of many Nobel laureates, were sold to a French firm; a new generation of semiconductor integrated circuits -- the mortar of the modern electronics revolution -- was introduced; the largest initial public offering in history was conducted by a Chinese bank; another $650 billion has been spent on US public schools while the performance of its students on standardized science tests of those about to graduate declined further; American companies once again spent three times more on litigation than on research; and in July, for the first time in history, foreign automakers sold more cars in the United States than American manufacturers. The competitiveness issue as seen some 18 months after the National Academies' study was completed is the topic of this essay. Read the entire page →

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... The president of the United States incorporated a number of the Academies' recom mendations in his 2006 State of the Union Address, and various bills were introduced in the Senate and House, almost all on a bipartisan basis, to implement many of the rec ommendations. The continuing resolution that established the federal budget in several relevant fields for FY 2007 provided an important step forward in preparing America for the intensifying global competition for jobs.

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... The World Economic Forum dropped America from first to seventh place in its ranking of nations' preparedness to benefit from advances in information technology; the number of US citizens entering engineering school declined still further; the remnants of the legendary Bell Labs, the birthplace of the laser and the transistor and the home of many Nobel laureates, were sold to a French firm; a new generation of semiconductor integrated circuits -- the mortar of the modern electronics revolution -- was introduced; the largest initial public offering in history was conducted by a Chinese bank; another $650 billion has been spent on US public schools while the performance of its students on standardized science tests of those about to graduate declined further; American companies once again spent three times more on litigation than on research; and in July, for the first time in history, foreign automakers sold more cars in the United States than American manufacturers. The competitiveness issue as seen some 18 months after the National Academies' study was completed is the topic of this essay.

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IS AMERICA FALLING OFF THE FLAT EARTH? Pages 2-3

IS AMERICA FALLING OFF THE FLAT EARTH?
Pages 2-3