Repost of author’s article as seen in Chief Executive Magazine | May 25, 2015 Posted by: William J. Holstein and John O’Dell Whether you’re into safety, sustainability, sporty performance or all three, you’re likely to find one of the many new automotive technologies compelling. Read on for a look at three cutting-edge technologies and a preview […]…
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China’s Crackdown: How Far? How Deep?
I would invite all my readers to this event: China’s Crackdown: How Far? How Deep? Dear William, Please join us on Monday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. for a panel discussion at Club Quarters co-hosted by the Overseas Press Club, Freedom House, and the Winston Lord Roundtable on American Foreign Policy and the Rule of […]…
Community College Training: An Urgent National Mission
I wrote in The Next American Economy about how Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland trains and retrains workers for jobs that require higher levels of skills. That was in 2011. And I wrote again about it in a cover story for Chief Executive in 2014. We have a terrible problem because millions of Americans just […]…
Japan Surpasses China As Largest U.S. Creditor
I keep beating these drums because I think Americans have to finally get serious about understanding and responding to the emergence of not just one new East Asian economic powerhouse but at least two–both Japan and China. The U.S. conventional wisdom these days is that Japan is finished. I can’t believe how many times I […]…
The Weak Link In Hank Paulson’s View of China
My readers know I follow the U.S. debate about China with great attention, so I have been watching Hank Paulson emerge with his new book, “Dealing With China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower.” I attended an event last evening at the Asia Society at which Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs and […]…