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Building the next American Century : the past and future of American economic competitiveness / Kent H. Hughes.
| Author/creator | Hughes, Kent H. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press : Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2005. |
| Description | xxii, 542 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Meeting the New Economic Challenge Forging an American Dream for the Twenty-First Century -- From Effortless Growth to the Era of Stagflation -- The Search for a New Growth Strategy: The Policy and Politics of Prosperity -- Looking Abroad for Answers: Pearls of Wisdom from the Global Oyster, Japan the Samurai Surprise -- Looking Abroad for Answers: Rising Germany, the Specter of Britain, and the Clash of Capitalisms -- Congress Takes the Lead -- Reagan Responds: The President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness -- Congress Acts on Trade and Competitiveness -- Building the Base for Future Prosperity: The Private Sector and the States -- President Bush Takes the Stage -- The 1992 Presidential Election: The Campaign for Competitiveness -- Competitiveness as National Policy: Turning Ideas into Action -- The Gingrich Revolution and the Comeback President -- The Competitiveness Strategy: Explaining the Past and Forging the Future? -- Competing for the Future -- Competing for the Future: Strengthening the American Innovation System -- Competing for the Future: Building a Better American Learning System -- Competing for the Future: Global Engagement in the Twenty-First Century -- America in the Next American Century. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-517) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004022446 |
| ISBN | 0801882044 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801882036 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1930365160 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1930365179 (pbk. : alk. paper) |