America Beyond 2001
America Beyond 2001 | America Needs an Industrial Policy
In the 1990s, as we Americans face up to our relative economic decline in the world, economic conversion of the U.S. military sector will become a central issue.
The excesses of recent years, which have mortgaged our economy, swelled our budget deficit, and weakened our banking and insurance sectors, will, at last, force a national debate over reprioritization.
But this much-needed debate over post–Cold War priorities could be forestalled, if the congressional budget process continues in gridlock, with such heavy-handed (and ill-conceived) palliatives as the current,...
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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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