Fundamental Challenges to America’s Long-Term Competitiveness

As the Trends editors have observed, the United States enjoys many competitive advantages that have enabled it to achieve economic preeminence. However, it is increasingly clear that its broader competitive advantage is being seriously compromised — and if major changes are not made quickly, we’ll face, for the first time, the probability of America’s decline. What can be done? What are the implications? What will that mean for our careers, investments, and standard of living? We’ll explain.

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