US Competitiveness – Page 7

Elon Musk’s SpaceX About To Expand With Major Texas Launch Facility Tesla's founder is planning to construct a large pad for his rockets in Brownsville

WASHINGTON – Until not too long ago any American project that had to do with space exploration had to...

Yes, There Are Young American Innovators Elizabeth Holmes, only 30, is the youngest female self-made billionaire

WASHINGTON – While the marvelous “American Innovation Machine” is not moving ahead as fast as it used to, luckily for...

In Our Economic “New Normal” Chronic Under Performance Is OK Both In America and in Europe societies are getting the message that slow growth is the best we can get

WASHINGTON – The most distressing outcome of the deep global recession of 2008-2009, and subsequent anemic recovery, is that...

Mortimer Zuckerman in the WSJ: Too Much Part-Time Work Reflects a Weak US Economy Yes, the unemployment rate is going down; but most of the jobs created are part-time, while Americans who seek full time employment cannot find it

WASHINGTON – The well established conventional wisdom in US politics is that the mid-term elections, (coming up in November), are...

The Fourth Of July Is A Reminder To Appreciate The Gift Of Freedom The Founders believed that in freedom people would have the ability to pursue knowledge. And knowledge would create prosperity. They were mostly right

WASHINGTON– Today is the Fourth of July, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of 1776 –and America’s most...

The Arrival Of High Quality On-Line Education Spells The End Of Traditional Universities Thanks to the Internet now it is possible to deliver high quality education to millions of users at a fraction of the cost of regular university tuition

WASHINGTON – Yes, it is official. Traditional universities are about to become extinct. This revolution in higher education is...

What Happened To American Innovation? No More Startups Two economists, Edward Prescott and Lee Ohanian, argue in a WSJ op-ed piece that America's innovation engine stalled

WASHINGTON – A sudden economic crisis, like the unprecedented financial meltdown of 2008, gets everybody’s attention. But a slow...

Professor Joseph Nye Of Harvard in the WSJ: US Has Energy For Two Centuries The shale gas revolution has transformed America's energy outlook. From importer to exporter of natural gas

WASHINGTON – Is the “shale gas revolution” now underway in America really such a big deal? You bet it is. Harvard...

Former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Admits That America’s Economy Is Sputtering. Too Much Poverty, No Income Growth Geithner and his colleagues prevented America's financial collapse. Now we need to reinvent the formula for innovation and growth

WASHINGTON – Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner just published “Stress Test” his memoirs of the incredible and challenging post-2008 recession years.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden Proposes Corporate Tax Reform Good idea; but it will not happen. Too many special interests want to keep the absurd US tax code as is

WASHINGTON – In a clear and totally non-partisan WSJ op-ed piece, (We Must Stop Driving Businesses Out of the...