Jump-Starting America
How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream
Ranked #100 in Development Economics
The untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen and how we can do it again.
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately developing technologies that benefit the wealthiest Americans in the most prosperous areas--and destroying middle class jobs elsewhere. To turn this tide, we must look to a brilliant and all-but-forgotten American success... more
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately developing technologies that benefit the wealthiest Americans in the most prosperous areas--and destroying middle class jobs elsewhere. To turn this tide, we must look to a brilliant and all-but-forgotten American success... more
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Gene Sperling Jump-Starting America is an important book by Simon Johnson @baselinescene & Jon Gruber. Combines 2 powerful ideas: importance of BIG public research and regional strategies for middle-class job creation strategy. Big idea here that deserves attention. https://t.co/wSJOI8Kxgt (Source)