Book summary of That Used to Be Us - How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back, by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, 400 pages
Prof. Lawrence Haddad, Director of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK talks about how President Elect Obama may affect international development
Nearly every major metro region in America is experiencing great economic stress. Amazingly, stakeholders in every region are disconnected, disjointed and unable to effectively communicate. There exists no common vision, strategy or framework for including and empowering all of the region's residents.
Local innovation ecosystems are fragmented, with leaders operating in their own independent silos. And historically underserved and disconnected peoples and communities are so far behind they are losing ground daily as the explosive growth of innovation hubs and the startup culture threatens to leave them behind permanently.
The Innovation Economy Epiphany Workshop introduces the BIG PICTURE in a way that all audiences can clearly understand. In this workshop, the key issues of a common local vision, common understanding, common strategies, inclusive frameworks and open collaboration are threaded throughout.
But how do we develop a common vision, common understanding, and a strategic approach toward economic inclusion and increased regional competitiveness?
How do we empower those who have fallen far behind to not only participate in the innovation economy but become productive in job growth and wealth creation?
And how can we identify and scale up what's working in each local region?
What role does education play in the "economic future" of each region?
And how do we get local stakeholders to break down the walls of competitive silos to collaborate for the benefit of each generation?
This workshop is an innovative approach to aligning the disjointed, connecting the disconnected and empowering individuals, communities and regions to develop a sustainable pipeline to productivity process that increases job growth and regional economic competitiveness through the framework of local innovation, inclusion and impact.
You will emerge from this workshop with a significantly greater understanding of how your local innovation ecosystem works, your role in it and an understanding of how you can be part of the solution to the challenges your region faces.
This workshop is step one of a process that will open your eyes to a 21st century economic imperative and national vision of Inclusive Competitiveness. It is a must-attend event for anyone concerned about the economic future of their community, region and state.
Prof. Lawrence Haddad, Director of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK talks about how President Elect Obama may affect international development
Nearly every major metro region in America is experiencing great economic stress. Amazingly, stakeholders in every region are disconnected, disjointed and unable to effectively communicate. There exists no common vision, strategy or framework for including and empowering all of the region's residents.
Local innovation ecosystems are fragmented, with leaders operating in their own independent silos. And historically underserved and disconnected peoples and communities are so far behind they are losing ground daily as the explosive growth of innovation hubs and the startup culture threatens to leave them behind permanently.
The Innovation Economy Epiphany Workshop introduces the BIG PICTURE in a way that all audiences can clearly understand. In this workshop, the key issues of a common local vision, common understanding, common strategies, inclusive frameworks and open collaboration are threaded throughout.
But how do we develop a common vision, common understanding, and a strategic approach toward economic inclusion and increased regional competitiveness?
How do we empower those who have fallen far behind to not only participate in the innovation economy but become productive in job growth and wealth creation?
And how can we identify and scale up what's working in each local region?
What role does education play in the "economic future" of each region?
And how do we get local stakeholders to break down the walls of competitive silos to collaborate for the benefit of each generation?
This workshop is an innovative approach to aligning the disjointed, connecting the disconnected and empowering individuals, communities and regions to develop a sustainable pipeline to productivity process that increases job growth and regional economic competitiveness through the framework of local innovation, inclusion and impact.
You will emerge from this workshop with a significantly greater understanding of how your local innovation ecosystem works, your role in it and an understanding of how you can be part of the solution to the challenges your region faces.
This workshop is step one of a process that will open your eyes to a 21st century economic imperative and national vision of Inclusive Competitiveness. It is a must-attend event for anyone concerned about the economic future of their community, region and state.
WEBSITE:
Zeus Dorado
Aika Manliclic
Rina Tanjangco
WRITERS:
(EXTERNAL ISSUES)
MATHEW ONG: War on Terrorism
CARMELA DEANG: Iraq-Palestinian
LEONARD DE LEON: Global Poverty
VERONICA LOPEZ: UN, Millenium Development Goals
JERRY RIMANDO: Technology Gap between Rich and Poor (Digital Divide)
(INTERNAL ISSUES)
MARK LIM: Environmental Problem
GABRIEL MAGNO: American Market, Culture
ALAN JARANTILLA: Social Welfare: Health and Education
PAOLO LAYUG: Economic Recession on Car Industry and Financing Industry
RON RIVERA: Public Debt
NICCOLE ALVENDIA: US Politics
POSTERS:
Mae Alabanza (Poster Leader)
Ara Dacay
Ruth Sy
Charmy Oliveros
Derick Espinosa
MAGAZINE:
Joanna Tapar (Magazine Leader)
Cheska Abacan
Jacqueline Ang
Joseph Daez
Gian Lucas
POWERPOINT:
Leslie Filart (Powerpoint Leader)
Aina Abesamis
Kit de Vera
Lia Fernandez
Ji Hiyoen Lee
Ram Ng
JOURNEY TO PRESIDENCY:
Liana Dagatan
Krista Marco
Jonas Ramos
OBAMA PHILIPPINES:
Cesca Gutierrez
Mike Green keynote to Tabor 100 in Seattle at Convention CenterScaleUp Partners LLC
Mike Green gave the keynote address at the Tabor 100 Gala in Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center on Sept. 15, 2012. The gathering of Seattle's political elite and Black business owners and entrepreneurs is annual fundraiser for Tabor 100, which represents many of Seattle's Black business owners and contractors.
Mike's speech included this slide presentation, at the end of which Mike received a standing ovation.
A link to the YouTube video of Mike's speech is included in the slide deck.
This is a bold and historic declaration to a nation that has yet to rally around investing and supporting the success of its Black boys.
Our approach is to inform and educate leaders and influencers: i.e. policymakers, educators, professionals, business and community leaders, investors, philanthropists, clergy, pro athletes and celebrities.
We believe too many leaders and influencers of America's Black boys are disconnected from the knowledge and networks that drive the 21st century innovation economy.
The result is a generation of lost, confused and angry youth who grow into lost, confused and angry men. They, in turn, continue to perpetrate the cyclical problem. The goal of our campaign is awareness and intervention.
So, we focus on the adults. The leaders. Those in positions of power and influence. And it is these folks we call to gather at our summits. It is these leaders and influencers we call upon to support our efforts.
Our campaign speaks of the problems and challenges, but only as the opening toward introducing and implementing solutions. Our summits Introduce unique visionary frameworks and call for a coalition of committed collaborators to work with us in implementing solutions that will disrupt the status quo and leverage today's innovative constructs, networks, technologies and opportunities to produce exponential (versus incremental) progress. The result is what we call Inclusive Competitiveness. The process is what we call Pipeline2Productivity.
Our boys are talented. They are creative. They are smart. They hold within an inherent ingenuity that, if sufficiently tapped, could unleash a torrent of innovative entrepreneurs, job growth and generational wealth creation that benefits the overall economic competitiveness of every local region and the global economic competitiveness of the nation.
Will you join us in making an investment in America’s Black Boys?
We believe it is a 21st century national economic imperative.
We hope you agree.
Seventy-percent of 2009 college graduates did not have a job upon graduation and eighty-percent moved back home with their parents. Many returned with significant student loan debt and limited prospects for repayment. And yet there are currently an estimated 3 million job openings in occupations requiring advanced technical skills. In today's economy, it is becoming increasingly clear that it's that you student but what you student that is the key to employability and earnings potential. From a policy perspective, colleges are rewarded for enrollment numbers and there is increasing attention on graduation rates, yet very little if any attention is paid to student placement and earnings. Considering the massive investment required for higher education, aren't these valuable measures as well? In this session, Michael Bettersworth makes the case why degrees increasingly matter less, competencies are the real currency, and student success is about much more than enrollment numbers or graduation rates. It's also about getting a J.O.B.
The America21 Project is a national nonprofit dedicated to changing the economic narrative across Black and Urban America.
America21 promotes an Inclusive Competitiveness economic strategy in a fast-paced, knowledge-based, tech-driven global innovation economy.
America21 promotes an economic framework from the pipeline of education to the productivity of entrepreneurship based on three core pillars of the Innovation Economy:
STEM Education
(science, technology, engineering and math)
High-Growth Entrepreneurship
Access to Capital and Capital Formation
America21 seeks to connect economically disconnected communities and sectors with regional innovation clusters to strengthen the economic competitiveness of the nation by investing in all of America's talent pools.
FROM RECESSION TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION II LASTING TILL 2025 -- WHAT IS WRO...Dr. Raju M. Mathew
The Global Economic Crisis, started as Financial Meltdown, turned into Recession has grown to the dimension of 'The Great Depression II lasting at least till 2025, affecting the entire Humanity. The basic reason for the present Global Economic Crisis, growing to the level of The Great Depression II, the role played by the Nobel Laureates in Economics and Management Gurus in aggravating the Crisis and also its Solutions have been discussed. This is a Revolutionary approach and solution for the Global Economic Crisis. ,
Innovation Nation - Transformational Thinking about STEM, the Humanities, an...Jim "Brodie" Brazell
Innovation Nation - Transformational Thinking about STEM, the Humanities, and the Arts in the Community College
Del Mar Community College January 9, 2014
JIM BRAZELL
jimbrazell@ventureramp.com
Original Medicare Parts A and B cover most, but not all, health supplies and services. For this reason, you may need to consider a Medicare supplement plan. Unlike Medicare, Medicare’s supplemental plans are provided by private insurance companies. Medigap covers the payment of a portion of the medical and hospital costs not covered by Original Medicare, such as co-insurance, co-payment and annual deductibles.
WEBSITE:
Zeus Dorado
Aika Manliclic
Rina Tanjangco
WRITERS:
(EXTERNAL ISSUES)
MATHEW ONG: War on Terrorism
CARMELA DEANG: Iraq-Palestinian
LEONARD DE LEON: Global Poverty
VERONICA LOPEZ: UN, Millenium Development Goals
JERRY RIMANDO: Technology Gap between Rich and Poor (Digital Divide)
(INTERNAL ISSUES)
MARK LIM: Environmental Problem
GABRIEL MAGNO: American Market, Culture
ALAN JARANTILLA: Social Welfare: Health and Education
PAOLO LAYUG: Economic Recession on Car Industry and Financing Industry
RON RIVERA: Public Debt
NICCOLE ALVENDIA: US Politics
POSTERS:
Mae Alabanza (Poster Leader)
Ara Dacay
Ruth Sy
Charmy Oliveros
Derick Espinosa
MAGAZINE:
Joanna Tapar (Magazine Leader)
Cheska Abacan
Jacqueline Ang
Joseph Daez
Gian Lucas
POWERPOINT:
Leslie Filart (Powerpoint Leader)
Aina Abesamis
Kit de Vera
Lia Fernandez
Ji Hiyoen Lee
Ram Ng
JOURNEY TO PRESIDENCY:
Liana Dagatan
Krista Marco
Jonas Ramos
OBAMA PHILIPPINES:
Cesca Gutierrez
Mike Green keynote to Tabor 100 in Seattle at Convention CenterScaleUp Partners LLC
Mike Green gave the keynote address at the Tabor 100 Gala in Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center on Sept. 15, 2012. The gathering of Seattle's political elite and Black business owners and entrepreneurs is annual fundraiser for Tabor 100, which represents many of Seattle's Black business owners and contractors.
Mike's speech included this slide presentation, at the end of which Mike received a standing ovation.
A link to the YouTube video of Mike's speech is included in the slide deck.
This is a bold and historic declaration to a nation that has yet to rally around investing and supporting the success of its Black boys.
Our approach is to inform and educate leaders and influencers: i.e. policymakers, educators, professionals, business and community leaders, investors, philanthropists, clergy, pro athletes and celebrities.
We believe too many leaders and influencers of America's Black boys are disconnected from the knowledge and networks that drive the 21st century innovation economy.
The result is a generation of lost, confused and angry youth who grow into lost, confused and angry men. They, in turn, continue to perpetrate the cyclical problem. The goal of our campaign is awareness and intervention.
So, we focus on the adults. The leaders. Those in positions of power and influence. And it is these folks we call to gather at our summits. It is these leaders and influencers we call upon to support our efforts.
Our campaign speaks of the problems and challenges, but only as the opening toward introducing and implementing solutions. Our summits Introduce unique visionary frameworks and call for a coalition of committed collaborators to work with us in implementing solutions that will disrupt the status quo and leverage today's innovative constructs, networks, technologies and opportunities to produce exponential (versus incremental) progress. The result is what we call Inclusive Competitiveness. The process is what we call Pipeline2Productivity.
Our boys are talented. They are creative. They are smart. They hold within an inherent ingenuity that, if sufficiently tapped, could unleash a torrent of innovative entrepreneurs, job growth and generational wealth creation that benefits the overall economic competitiveness of every local region and the global economic competitiveness of the nation.
Will you join us in making an investment in America’s Black Boys?
We believe it is a 21st century national economic imperative.
We hope you agree.
Seventy-percent of 2009 college graduates did not have a job upon graduation and eighty-percent moved back home with their parents. Many returned with significant student loan debt and limited prospects for repayment. And yet there are currently an estimated 3 million job openings in occupations requiring advanced technical skills. In today's economy, it is becoming increasingly clear that it's that you student but what you student that is the key to employability and earnings potential. From a policy perspective, colleges are rewarded for enrollment numbers and there is increasing attention on graduation rates, yet very little if any attention is paid to student placement and earnings. Considering the massive investment required for higher education, aren't these valuable measures as well? In this session, Michael Bettersworth makes the case why degrees increasingly matter less, competencies are the real currency, and student success is about much more than enrollment numbers or graduation rates. It's also about getting a J.O.B.
The America21 Project is a national nonprofit dedicated to changing the economic narrative across Black and Urban America.
America21 promotes an Inclusive Competitiveness economic strategy in a fast-paced, knowledge-based, tech-driven global innovation economy.
America21 promotes an economic framework from the pipeline of education to the productivity of entrepreneurship based on three core pillars of the Innovation Economy:
STEM Education
(science, technology, engineering and math)
High-Growth Entrepreneurship
Access to Capital and Capital Formation
America21 seeks to connect economically disconnected communities and sectors with regional innovation clusters to strengthen the economic competitiveness of the nation by investing in all of America's talent pools.
FROM RECESSION TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION II LASTING TILL 2025 -- WHAT IS WRO...Dr. Raju M. Mathew
The Global Economic Crisis, started as Financial Meltdown, turned into Recession has grown to the dimension of 'The Great Depression II lasting at least till 2025, affecting the entire Humanity. The basic reason for the present Global Economic Crisis, growing to the level of The Great Depression II, the role played by the Nobel Laureates in Economics and Management Gurus in aggravating the Crisis and also its Solutions have been discussed. This is a Revolutionary approach and solution for the Global Economic Crisis. ,
Innovation Nation - Transformational Thinking about STEM, the Humanities, an...Jim "Brodie" Brazell
Innovation Nation - Transformational Thinking about STEM, the Humanities, and the Arts in the Community College
Del Mar Community College January 9, 2014
JIM BRAZELL
jimbrazell@ventureramp.com
Original Medicare Parts A and B cover most, but not all, health supplies and services. For this reason, you may need to consider a Medicare supplement plan. Unlike Medicare, Medicare’s supplemental plans are provided by private insurance companies. Medigap covers the payment of a portion of the medical and hospital costs not covered by Original Medicare, such as co-insurance, co-payment and annual deductibles.
U.S. Department of the Navy - Contracting Officer's Technical Representative ...Alberto Rocha
U.S. Department of the Navy - Contracting Officer's Technical Representative Roles and Responsibilities for Alberto Rocha
www.linkedin.com/in/albertorocha1
The word "malware" is a shorthand version of the phrase "malicious software," and it encompasses all types of software created with the intent of causing harm. ... can infect a computer in multiple ways and can have a variety of effects. Viruses have a wide range of effects, from complete destruction of all information ... at the moment there are no viruses that may cause damage to the hardware, ...
Since this class is centered on the practice of working with the ide.docxjennifer822
Since this class is centered on the practice of working with the ideas of others and synthesizing those ideas into our own writing, it stands to reason that we should spend some time practicing the art of summary. This summary exercise will help you to improve your academic writing in several ways: First, this excercise will help you to find meaning within a given text and provide you with a better way of interpreting what the author is trying to say; secondly, this exercise will give you further practice in summarizing, paraphrasing, using quotations, and condensing ideas—skills that are essential to academic writing.
Remember that the purpose of this summary is not to relate your reaction to the reading; your role in this process is to simply convey the information in the reading in condensed form. Do not include personal opinion, personal judgments of the material, or personal narrative. Be brief, be as accurate as you can, and try to capture the complete sense of the reading in your summary.
Read and Summarize
Go to the resources tab and use the Ebscohost link to search for the following articles:
Friedman, T. L., & Mandelbaum, M. (2011). America really was that great (but that doesn't mean we are now). Foreign Policy, (189), 76-78.
Your summary should meet the following guidelines:
is between 150 and 250 words(no longer);
includes direct quotations and paraphrased passages from the text;
uses attributive tags that not only work to convey the mood of the writer, but establish him or her as an authority in the field of study;
avoids personal opinion;
is written clearly, concisely, and accurately;
is written solely in third-person;
includes a References page;
has been closely edited so that it contains few or no mechanical errors.
Summary checklist:
As you work on your summary, it is a good idea to keep the following questions in mind:
How does this summary meet the assignment criteria?
How close do you feel your summary came to capturing the information in the original article?
Does this summary use effective transitions as it progresses from paragraph to paragraph?
Does this summary avoid personal opinion, casual language, or first or second person language?
Is there anything in this summary that could have been left out without losing its effect?
Is there anything else that could have been added to this summary to make it feel more complete?
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STILL EXCEPTIONAL? The question has become a contentious issue in American politics over the last few years. But the answer has implications that go well beyond the political fortunes of Republicans and Democrats in the United States. It affects the stability and prosperity of the entire world.
President Barack Obama's Republican critics
now
routinely accuse him of denying
America
's history as an "exceptional" country because, when asked about the concept in 2009, he replied, "I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect the Brits believe in British e.
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A Political and Economic Basis for InnovationAmerica 3.0.docxevonnehoggarth79783
A Political and Economic Basis for Innovation
America 3.0
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A Three act play
New Reality 1
Food Crises & Revolution
The Arab spring uprisings were more to do with food prices than politics.
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Third Shock in 4 years
We are about to enter a new cycle of food price rises
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Population Explosion
All inexorably driven by population growth in places with food and ecology stresses
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The Coming Water Crisis
Lack of water being the most dramatic.
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Ethnic Tensions
In the Mid east, almost every country, including Israel will be wracked by sectarian tensions for years to come. We are a bystander as recent events have shown.
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Starvation=Migration
Ecological stress leads to migration, much of it towards Europe
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European Muslim Tension
This has led to right wing backlash throughout Europe
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Chinese Dissent
According to the New York Times authorities recorded 127,000 so-called mass
incidents in 2010
Even in China, dissent is on the rise and will be accentuated as economic stresses expand.
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Balance of Power
We are entering a new era where “it’s every nation for itself” as Merrill Lynch recently reported. This might look like earlier eras where there was a balance of power, such as the hundred years after the Congress of Vienna in 1814.
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New Reality 2
-We really live in 2 americas
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Gun Control Laws
2 americas once again
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Blue subsidizes Red
California paid $318,000,000,000 in Federal Taxes in 2010
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Rural Power
215,000 citizens
18,000,000 citizens
Today, with the filibuster, 21 of the 50 states, representing 11 percent of the population, can muster the 41 votes to stop a majority in the Senate.
John Barasso-Wyoming
Barbara Boxer-California
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Gridlock
This does not have to be our future.
“Congress has largely been reduced from a lawmaking entity to a political operation.”-New York Times, July 12, 2013
-The people who want to make sure theres no federal gun control, marriage laws, they can always block it
-Nothing happens in Washington (think about it)
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Progressive Federalism“It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” –Justice Brandeis
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False Narratives
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America 3.0
Energy independentReduced carbon footprintHighly educated publicReduced InequalityFiscal Sanity
How do we get there?
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America 1.0
“We shall be as a city on a hill. The eyes of the world will be upon us…we must be willing to abridge our selves of our superfluities, for the supply of others necessities”-John Winthrop
America 1.0
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness Thomas JeffersonIt will be our policy to cultivate tranquility at.
The Strategic American Issue One: Business in AmericaJoel Drotts
A look at how we do business in America, as compared to how we used to do business. Also a look at global markets, who is winning and why? What America must do to catch up!
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Byline: BY JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ ILLUSTRATION BY STEPHEN DOYLE
OF THE 1%, BY THE 1%, FOR THE 1%
Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation's income-an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret
It's no use pretending that what has obviously happened has not in fact happened. The upper 1 percent of Americans are now taking in nearly a quarter of the nation's income every year. In terms of wealth rather than income, the top 1 percent control 40 percent. Their lot in life has improved considerably. Twenty-five years ago, the corresponding figures were 12 percent and 33 percent. One response might be to celebrate the ingenuity and drive that brought good fortune to these people, and to contend that a rising tide lifts all boats. That response would be misguided. While the top 1 percent have seen their incomes rise 18 percent over the past decade, those in the middle have actually seen their incomes fall. For men with only high-school degrees, the decline has been precipitous12 percent in the last quarter-century alone. All the growth in recent decadesand morehas gone to those at the top. In terms of income equality, America lags behind any country in the old, ossified Europe that President George W. Bush used to deride. Among our closest counterparts are Russia with its oligarchs and Iran. While many of the old centers of inequality in Latin America, such as Brazil, have been striving in recent years, rather successfully, to improve the plight of the poor and reduce gaps in income, America has allowed inequality to grow.
Economists long ago tried to justify the vast inequalities that seemed so troubling in the mid-19th centuryinequalities that are but a pale shadow of what we are seeing in America today. The justification they came up with was called "marginal-productivity theory." In a nutshell, this theory associated higher incomes with higher productivity and a greater contribution to society. It is a theory that has always been cherished by the rich. Evidence for its validity, however, remains thin. The corporate executives who helped bring on the recession of the past three yearswhose contribution to our society, and to their own companies, has been massively negativewent on to receive large bonuses. In some cases, companies were so embarrassed about calling such rewards "performance bonuses" that they felt compelled to change the name to "retention bonuses" (even if the only thing being retained was bad performance). Those who have contributed great positive innovations to our society, from the pioneers of genetic understanding to the pioneers of the Information Age, have received a pittance compared with those responsible for the financial innovations that brought our global economy to the brink of ruin.
Some people look at income inequality and shrug their shoulders. So ...
“Rebooting after the economic crash: IT, ET and America 3.0.”
Professor Jonathan Taplin , USC Annenberg School and ARNIC
The financial crisis will leave the next president with the task of rebuilding a shattered American economy. Professor Taplin will describe the potential roles of information technology and energy technology in America 3.0.
Running head THE AMERICAN DREAM 1The American Dream Dead.docxtoltonkendal
Running head: THE AMERICAN DREAM 1
The American Dream: Dead, Alive, or on Hold?
Brandon King
University of Cincinnati
King.indd 1 1/16/14 12:00 PM
THE AMERICAN DREAM 2
The American Dream: Dead, Alive, or on Hold?
What is the true state of the so- called “American Dream”
today? Is it still around, waiting to be achieved by those who work
hard enough, or is it effectively dead, killed off by the Great
Recession and the economic hardships that many Americans have
come to face? Statistics reveal alarming facts, including trillions of
dollars lost in the stock market (Paradis, 2009). While these losses,
combined with admittedly high unemployment in the past few
years, have contributed to seemingly dismal prospects for
prosperity in the United States, I believe that the ideals and values
of the American Dream are still very much alive. In fact, the
original term “American Dream” was coined during the Great
Depression by James Truslow Adams, who wrote that the American
dream “is that dream of a land in which life should be better and
richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according
to ability and achievement, regardless of social class or
circumstances of birth” (1931). I would redefine the American
Dream today as the potential to work for an honest, secure way of
life and save for the future. Many liberal economists and activists
say that the American Dream is dead, but I say that it’s more alive
and important than ever— and that it is the key to climbing out of
the Great Recession, overcoming inequality, and achieving true
prosperity.
Despite the harshness of the Great Recession, a 2009 New
York Times survey found that 72 percent of Americans still believed
it was possible to start poor, work hard, and become rich in
America (Seelye, 2009). In the same survey, Americans were also
King.indd 2 1/16/14 12:00 PM
THE AMERICAN DREAM 3
asked questions about what they believed constituted being
“successful,” with the majority naming things such as a steady job,
financial security for the future, being able to retire without
struggling, and having a secure place of residence. Less common
were responses about owning a home or car and being able to buy
other expensive goods, implying a subtle shift from the American
Dream of the past to a more modest one today. In many ways, the
American Dream of today is a trimmed down version of its former
self. The real sign of success in our society used to be owning
expensive items, namely cars and homes, and acquiring more
material wealth. Living the American Dream meant going from
dirt poor to filthy rich and becoming more than you could have
ever imagined. Today, most people do not strive for a rags- to-
riches transition, and instead prefer a stable, middle- class lifestyle,
one in which they can focus on saving money for the future and
having secure employment. For example, more ...
Business Ethics Professor AssignmentFor this assignment you ar.docxRAHUL126667
Business Ethics Professor Assignment
For this assignment you are to write a paper in length of at least 2 pages where you are hired by Marymount University at least ten years from now (2027). How will you teach the class? Will you utilize a textbook? Why or why not? What type of teaching style will you utilize? What type of things will you need to emphasize about the following stakeholders:
A. Shareholders
B. Employees
C. Wholesalers
D. Retailers
E. Government regulatory officials
F. Consumers
G. People in the profession
H. Media
What type of things will the future students need to know about being successful business students? What type of things will students need to know about being successful individuals? What about morals? What about ethics? Is ethics truly situational? What about developing a personal worldview is that important? Should ethics be taught in the home, in society, or both? Would you utilize any of the ethical theories that you learned in class or would you utilize another ethical theory? Why or why not? Looking 10 years into the future what do you see as the state of business ethics in America? In the Western World? Throughout the rest of the world? What about globalization? Is there a place for it? What about whistleblowing will it still be needed? Is it important? Please address these questions as well as anything that you feel that I have missed. I will love to see your ideas about teaching a Business Ethics class.
HY 1120, American History II 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit III
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Describe the impact of industrial expansion on the evolution of big business in the United States.
5. Summarize varied perspectives concerning American Imperialism, including expansionism, foreign
policy, and trade.
5.1 Identify the key figures who challenged traditional thoughts on American Imperialism,
expansionism, foreign policy, and trade.
5.2 Recall key figures in domestic reforms.
5.3 Examine multiple theories and perspectives surrounding American Imperialism.
6. Explain the United States’ role as a superpower during the world wars.
6.1 Identify key figures who pushed America towards intervention.
6.2 Explain how intervention and isolation led to the United States becoming a superpower.
Reading Assignment
American Social History Project, & the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. (n.d.). "Cast
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Chapter 14
America in Our Time, 1992–Present
The end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union left the United States as the only
military superpower. Some hoped that the nation would respond with massive reductions in military
spending, perhaps even an “America first” policy that was similar to the isolationism of earlier periods
in US history. Taxpayers had spent $4 trillion building nuclear weapons and trillions more
maintaining its military and fighting proxy wars around the globe. Two generations had lost their lives
fighting in wars many believed were a mistake and for causes that seemed no longer relevant. Others
hoped that America would use its unrivaled military and economic power to promote democracy and
human rights around the globe. Still others saw the end of the Cold War as an opportunity for
profitable business expansion via globalization.
In many ways, each of these ideas affected US diplomacy in the post–Cold War years. However, even
after the fall of Communism, US foreign policy was as much a response to the actions of others
throughout the globe as it was an attempt by Americans to shape the world around them. A series of
economic crises reminded Americans that their economy and their nation were part of a global system.
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Summary - That Used to Be Us - How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
1. That Used to Be Us
How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come
Back
by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
400 pages
Diagnosis: Critical
Americans of all types and stripes know in their gut that something’s wrong with the US.
Many share a pervading sense that the nation’s “best days are behind it,” and that the future
belongs to emerging powerhouses like China. Americans have become increasingly
accustomed to shaking their heads in acceptance and frustration when things go wrong,
from the crumbling infrastructure of the country’s bridges and roads to its lagging educational
standards, the dearth of jobs and the political deadlock that paralyzes Washington. Even a
constantly malfunctioning door handle at the White House seems emblematic of a lack of will
to get things done. Americans have become resigned to how the nation is, but they miss the
way it “used to be” and who they were: a nation of gogetters who set their sights on
seemingly impossible goals and achieved them, of citizens who were capable of “collective
action on a large scale.”
Today’s creeping deterioration traces its roots to the end of the Cold War, when the US sat
back to savor the victory of capitalism over communism. This self-congratulatory mood
blinded the nation’s leaders to the need to adapt to four overriding challenges that are
coming to a head:
1. “How to adapt to globalization.”
2. “How to adjust to the information technology revolution.”
3. “How to cope with the large, soaring budget deficits.”
4. “How to manage a world of rising energy consumption and rising climate threats.”
The irony is that these issues result from the US’s prior successes. Globalization simply
extended America’s passion for capitalism and free trade to the rest of the world. The IT
revolution got its start in the US; technical innovation – from transistors to the iPhone –
emerged from American ingenuity. The world’s confidence in America’s economic might
allowed the US to borrow on the strength of its currency. And the global explosion in energy
consumption springs from the rest of the world’s pursuit of the snug, energy dependent
lifestyles Americans have enjoyed for decades.
The risks of not rising to these four challenges belong both to the US and to the world.
Failure to address them will lead to a steady decline in US economic growth, endangering
the potential prosperity of future generations. Without a strong America, the rest of the planet
suffers a lack of US aid and support, and the loss of a strong exemplar of democracy,
freedom and “human fulfillment.” The US’s influence will wane unless it tackles these four
problems, and soon.
Prognosis: Guarded
Yet the situation is not all bleak, because the US has proven, time and again, that it can
muster its people’s collective spirit to confront seemingly insurmountable tests. In the 18th
century, the fledging states rose up as one in the War of Independence to beat the British,
then the world’s greatest economic and military empire. Americans tamed the vast
wilderness within its new borders. The country suffered a civil war but rebounded quickly
from its ravages, and within only a few decades, Americans built a modern industrial nation
that became the largest in the world. US participation in two world wars decided their
outcomes and shaped modern societies.
2. America is hurt because its people have not understood the challenges they face and so
have not demanded that their leaders show the will to confront their problems. Comfort and
complacency have shielded people until now. Addressing the future will require sacrifice,
more work and less consumption. The US attained its heights through a unique “partnership
between the public and private sectors to foster economic growth.” That collaboration rested
on “five pillars of prosperity”: 1) universal education, 2) building and maintaining
infrastructure, 3) immigration, 4) state support for research and development, and 5)
“necessary regulation” of private enterprise.
The Founding Fathers advocated mass education but left implementation to the individual
states. Abraham Lincoln won emancipation, championed settlement of the West and laid the
groundwork for the transcontinental railway, the first step toward a unified economy.
Theodore Roosevelt took up the cause of free markets when he regulated monopolies and,
in 1907, presided over “the largest single annual intake [of immigrants] in US history to that
point,” more than 1.2 million new arrivals. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal created the
basic infrastructure that catapulted the American economy after the Great Depression. He
instituted the “social safety net” of Social Security and unemployment insurance that, in part,
“ensures the legitimacy and stability of the free market economy.” Harry Truman authorized
the GI Bill to educate returning veterans, and Dwight D. Eisenhower steered the building of
the nation’s highway system. These achievements built America’s strength, but now the US
lives off its past successes. Those who abhor government involvement in the private
economy don’t recognize that American “exceptionalism” grew from the judicious partnering
of state and private sectors.
Employment and Education
As technological connectivity unites data and people, it also changes the world of work. Jobs
are no longer geographically constrained; the emergence of the “low-wage, highskilled
worker” means that job competition will be fierce – and global. The “flat world” that
technology engenders empowers workers in far-flung places to communicate and
collaborate, but it also changes the very essence of work itself. If the world is fully wired,
then the only distinguishing factor among workers will be each individual’s ability to rise
above “average.” Soon, being a middling employee no longer will suffice. Workers will need
to differentiate themselves by the quality of their ideas and the unique substance they bring
to the workplace.
“Employment polarization” means that technology is eliminating the “routine” jobs that less-
educated workers normally fill, opening up jobs where better-trained people can be more
productive and make extra valuable contributions. The question is how much value they add.
Modern workers are “creators” or “servers” and they fill four kinds of jobs:
1. “Creative creators” – These people hold non-routine jobs and excel, such as excellent
attorneys, physicians, writers, artists or scientists.
2. “Routine creators” – These employees also hold non-routine jobs but they are ordinary
performers, “average accountants,” “average professors” or average doctors.
3. “Creative servers” – These individuals approach mundane jobs with verve and
imagination. Think of a great cook who invents new recipes, a compassionate nurse who
develops a meaningful specialty or a well-trained waiter with deep knowledge of wines.
4. “Routine servers” – These folks get by doing regular work in an average way.
Education is an economic priority. To keep building America’s wealth and influence, its
students need to study more, do more homework, and excel in math, science, reading and
creative thinking. Just bringing poorer school districts up to par with better-funded schools no
longer is enough; US students across the board lag behind their counterparts in countries
like Singapore, Finland and Canada in tests of critical thinking. The US’s current educational
standards are turning out graduates for the jobs of the past: “They are being prepared for
$12-an-hour jobs – not $40 to $50 an hour.” Teachers, administrators, parents, businesses
and neighborhoods must come to grips with failing schools. And students: Put away your
3. video games and log off Facebook – US teens spend 7.5 hours daily in front of a screen;
50% “send 50 or more text messages a day.”
The US must quickly decide whether it will continue funding the past or start investing in the
future. The soaring cost of social benefits – particularly for an aging population – cuts into
the country’s ability to invest in education, energy alternatives and cures for other pressing
issues. Reducing taxes while waging two wars in the first decade of the 21st century was
mathematically illogical, so borrowing became the way to pay for it all, resulting in an
immense national deficit. The US must meet four criteria in confronting its debt problem: 1)
The country must tackle this issue with a “seriousness” that is proportionate to its severity; 2)
the nation must reduce its debt and safeguard the wealth of future generation; 3) spending
reductions must reach across the board, affecting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and
defense spending; and 4) everyone must contribute to solving today’s problems by paying a
fair share of increased taxes.
Americans took leave of their collective senses when some political leaders and pundits
fomented doubt about climate change. You can argue about its effects on the planet, but
denying scientific evidence that it exists amounts to wishful revocation of physical laws.
While the US is still debating global warming, other nations are funding solutions, such as
alternative energy, as part of their national policies. The US should begin setting “high
energy-efficiency standards” to impel consumers to demand more efficiency and to urge
industry to find innovative ways to provide it. Such innovations will translate into lowercost
alternative fuels. A cap-and-trade solution for carbon emissions will drive economic
incentives away from expensive, damaging oil.
“Political Failure”
Two illustrative but disheartening examples show how the US political will has cracked:
Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican, worked on bipartisan carbon tax legislation but had
to abandon the effort when the right-wing media shot it down as a tax increase. And
Congress is dithering over approving $25 million each for eight proposed “innovation hubs”
that could lead to new energy advances and job-creating industries. Meanwhile, Singapore
is spending more than $1 billion on such initiatives. “Think small and carry a big ego”
appears to be the current US slogan.
Political polarization is not new in American politics, but its continuing dominance is untimely
when so many critical issues await reasoned solutions. Political extremists have arisen on
both sides because of the way legislators have redrawn (or “gerrymandered”) congressional
districts to ensure the election of a particular party’s candidate. Voters in primaries tend to be
more ideologically driven, so candidates must hew to extreme positions to gain votes.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of citizens continue to be moderates but are forced to choose
among extreme candidates: “Representative government in America does not accurately
represent Americans.” Meanwhile, Americans spent more money on potato chips in 2009
($7.1 billion) than the government did on energy R&D ($5.1 billion). That year, foreign-based
firms earned more than half of all US patents. Today, teachers without math degrees or
certification teach math to 69% of US students; some 93% of students study physical
sciences under teachers with no science training. California spends 11% of its revenue on
prisons and 8% on education, compared to 3% and 30%, respectively, 30 years ago. And
most damning of all: About half of “US adults do not know how long it takes for the Earth to
revolve around the sun.”
A (Third) Way Out?
One place to start thawing the paralyzed US government is to promote and support a third-
party candidate for president. While the US electoral system is rigged to make electing
someone who is neither a Republican nor a Democrat almost impossible, history suggests
that an independent influence emerging amid conflict and deadlock can rouse the moderate,
centrist majority and impel established political parties to move away from extremist
positions. In the past, movements such as the Tea Party have served only to allow people to
4. “let off steam,” but the right independent candidate, someone with a commonsense platform,
someone who can give the disaffected majority a voice, might help move the nation out of its
gridlock.
The road to solving America’s challenges begins with widespread understanding that the US
largely caused its own changes in many unforeseen ways. This awareness can reawaken
citizens’ strength and ingenuity, and their determination to deal with their nation’s problems,
in ways that will benefit their children and ensure their crucial place within the world
community.
About the Authors
The author of five bestsellers, Thomas L. Friedman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at
The New York Times. Michael Mandelbaum is a professor at Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies and directs the university’s American Foreign
Policy Program.