Is America Falling Off the Flat Earth?

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Size: 92 pages, 7 x 10

Publication Year:2007

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Norman R. Augustine, Chair, Rising Above the Gathering Storm Committee, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
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Table of Contents
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FRONT MATTER	i-x	(skim)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1-1	(skim)
IS AMERICA FALLING OFF THE FLAT EARTH?	2-3	(skim)
CAN AMERICA COMPETE?	4-7	(skim)
DISTANCE IS DEAD	8-13	(skim)
THE GATHERING STORM	14-16	(skim)
AMERICA, WE HAVE A PROBLEM	17-21	(skim)
THE DINOSAURS NEVER SAW IT COMING	22-25	(skim)
WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY BOARD ROOM	26-27	(skim)
THE COMPETITIVENESS EQUATION -- THE COST OF LABOR	28-29	(skim)
THE COMPETITIVENESS EQUATION -- THE QUALITY OF THE WORKFORCE	30-40	(skim)
THE COMPETITIVENESS EQUATION -- THE SUPPLY OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS	41-53	(skim)
THE COMPETITIVENESS EQUATION -- THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE	54-60	(skim)
THE COMPETITIVENESS EQUATION -- THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM	61-64	(skim)
GONDWANALAND LIVES!	65-74	(skim)
A NEW BEGINNING . . . OR A NEW END?	75-77	(skim)
AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION	78-79	(skim)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	80-82	(skim)

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