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1.0 The Gathering Storm, Revisited
Pages 16-23

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... He had just spent a week working out the details to build a major manufacturing facility at a booming Chinese industrial park. The development authority promised expedited zoning procedures to facilitate rapid construction.
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... Further, the members of the committee observe with deep regret the death in 2008 of our much respected colleague and friend, Nobel Laureate Joshua Lederberg. The original Gathering Storm report concluded that the fundamental measure of competitiveness is quality jobs.
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... United States accounting firms prepare United States citizens income taxes using accountants located in Costa Rica and Switzerland. Water collected in France is sold in grocery stores in California.
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... Aside from its humanistic merit this outcome should produce a safer world for everyone, one with more products for United States consumers and more consumers for United States products. But the committee also expressed its commitment to helping America to be among those nations enjoying the fruits of what it hopes will be truly global prosperity.
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... 2 See National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2007, for a discussion of the recommendations.
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... • Allocate eight percent of government research funds to pursuits specifically chosen at the discretion of local researchers and their managers, with empha sis on projects potentially offering a high payoff even though accompanied by substantial risk. • Establish an ARPA-E in the Department of Energy patterned after the highly successful DARPA in the Department of Defense but focused on major break throughs in energy security.
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... • Restructure the corporate income-tax laws to help make firms that create jobs in the United States more competitive. • Increase broadband Internet access throughout the nation.
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... During the past century life expectancy in America has increased by over 50 percent due in substantial part to advances in the health sciences -- indicating the impact of various types of innovation.3 3 NAS-NAE-IOM, 2007, p.
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