America Beyond 2001
America Beyond 2001 | America Does Not Need an Industrial Policy
President Clinton, stressing the need to “copy our competitors,” is devising an expansive U.S. industrial policy. His main model is Japan. Unfortunately, the president doesn’t seem to understand the true strengths of the Japanese economy—or its underreported weaknesses. The fact is, Japanese industrial policy offers very little to envy or copy.
The Popular Fable of MITI
In popular fable, the grand intelligence behind Japan’s economic miracle has been the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. In the aftermath of World War II, MITI bureaucrats used...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Technology Will Strengthen the Traditional Family
- The Traditional Family Will Be Less Prevalent
- A Vision of Revitalized Education
- A Vision of Declining Education
- Immigrants Will Strengthen America’s Future
- Immigrants Will Weaken America’s Future
- The Aging of America: Alternative Visions
- Ethics for the Twenty-First Century
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- The Global Economy Is Real
- The Global Economy Is Largely Myth
- America Needs an Industrial Policy
- America Does Not Need an Industrial Policy
- America’s Economy May Become Intensely Regulated
- Economic Scenarios: From Boom to Collapse
- Entitlement Programs Are Sustainable
- Entitlement Programs Are Not Sustainable
- Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
- Chapter 5 Preface
- Technology Can Secure America’s Future
- Technology Can Be Damaging
- Information Technology Is Revolutionary
- Information Technology Is Not Revolutionary
- Technology Rapidly Changes Society
- Technology Slowly Changes Society
- Information Technology Workers, 2010
- Information Technology Criminals, 2010
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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